Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK) expression in the inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor: A comparative immunohistochemical study

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 1364-1371

  Cook, James R ^a   Dehner, Louis P ^a   Collins, Margaret H ^b   Ma, Zhigui ^c   Morris, Stephan W ^c   Coffin, Cheryl M ^d   Hill, D Ashley ^c  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK); Desmoid tumor; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT); Inflammatory pseudotumor; Nodular fasciitis

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE; ENZYME ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME 2P; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DESMOID TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GENE FUSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MESENCHYMOMA; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINDLE CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FASCIITIS; FEMALE; FIBROMATOSIS, AGGRESSIVE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GRANULOMA, PLASMA CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 0034761584     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200111000-00003     Document Type: Article

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