The histopathological differential diagnosis of gastrointestinal stromal tumours

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 96-103

  Graadt van Roggen, J F ^a   Van Velthuysen, M L F ^b   Hogendoorn, P C W ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

C kit; Diagnosis; Gastrointestinal stromal tumours

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME 4Q; COILED BODY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYMOMA; MUSCLE TUMOR; NEURILEMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SOMATIC MUTATION; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MESENCHYMOMA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0035146716     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.54.2.96     Document Type: Review

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