C-kit gene abnormalities in gastrointestinal stromal tumors (tumors of interstitial cells of cajal)

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1321-1328

  Sakurai, Shinji ^a   Fukasawa, Tomoki ^a   Chong, Ja Mun ^a   Tanaka, Akira ^a   Fukayama, Masashi ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

C kit; GIST; Mutation

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA SEQUENCE; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEIOMYOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; MISSENSE MUTATION; ONCOGENE C KIT; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; STROMA CELL;

EID: 0033372634     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1999.tb00715.x     Document Type: Article

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