Gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the rectum with activating mutation of c-kit: Report of a case

Diseases of the Colon and Rectum

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1316-1318

  Kurokawa, Yukinori ^a,b   Nishisho, Isamu ^a,b   Kawahara, Kunimitsu ^a,b   Mishima, Hideyuki ^a,b   Hirota, Seiichi ^a,b   Kikkawa, Nobuteru ^a,b  

^a OSAKA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

c kit; Gastrointestinal stromal tumors; GIST of the rectum

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; PROTO ONCOGENE; RECTUM ABDOMINOPERINEAL RESECTION; RECTUM TUMOR; STROMA CELL;

EID: 0033821954     PISSN: 00123706     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02237445     Document Type: Article

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