Mutations in exons 9 and 13 of KIT gene are rare events in gastrointestinal stromal tumors: A study of 200 cases

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1091-1095

  Lasota, Jerzy ^a   Wozniak, Agnieszka ^a,f   Sarlomo Rikala, Maarit ^b   Rys, Janusz ^c   Kordek, Radzislaw ^d   Nassar, Aziza ^e   Sobin, Leslie H ^a   Miettinen, Markku ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^e GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EXON; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOGENE C KIT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SMALL INTESTINE; STROMA;

EID: 0033820064     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)64623-8     Document Type: Article

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