Gastrointestinal stromal tumors may originate from a subset of CD34-positive interstitial cells of Cajal

American Journal of Pathology

Volumn 156, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1157-1163

  Robinson, Tim L ^a   Sircar, Kanishka ^a   Hewlett, Bryan R ^a   Chorneyko, Katherine ^a   Riddell, Robert H ^a   Huizinga, Jan D ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CELL TYPE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYME CELL; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STROMA CELL;

EID: 0033847535     PISSN: 00029440     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9440(10)64984-X     Document Type: Article

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