Schwannomas of the gastrointestinal tract: Clinicopathological features of 12 cases including a case of esophageal tumor compared with those of gastrointestinal stromal tumors and leiomyomas of the gastrointestinal tract

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 198, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 605-613

  Kwon, Mi Seon ^a   Lee, Seung Sook ^b   Ahn, Geung Hwan ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Korea Cancer Center Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST); Leiomyoma; Schwannoma; Stomach

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYALINE DEGENERATION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; MALE; MORTALITY; NEURILEMOMA; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0036029924     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0344-0338-00309     Document Type: Article

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