Immunohistochemical spectrum of GISTs at different sites and their differential diagnosis with a reference to CD 117 (KIT)

Modern Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 1134-1142

  Miettinen, Markku ^a   Sobin, Leslie H ^a   Sarlomo Rikala, Maarit ^b  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

C kit; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Genetics; Immunohistochemistry; Leiomyoma; Leiomyosarcoma; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DESMIN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MESENCHYMOMA; MESENTERY; MYOFIBROBLAST; NEURILEMOMA; OMENTUM; POLYP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECTUM; SMALL INTESTINE; SMOOTH MUSCLE; STROMA; TUMOR CELL; UTERUS MYOMA;

EID: 0033793213     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.3880210     Document Type: Article

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