All digestive tumors expressing c-kit protein are not stromal tumors [2];Toutes les tumeurs digestives exprimant la protéine c-kit ne sont pas des tumeurs stromales

Gastroenterologie Clinique et Biologique

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1057-1058

  Tanière, Philippe ^a   Poncet, Gilles ^a   Atieh, Rana ^a   Saurin, Jean Christophe ^a   Henry, Luc ^a   Scoazec, Jean Yves ^a  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STEM CELL FACTOR;

AGED; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; STROMA CELL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JEJUNAL NEOPLASMS; JEJUNUM; MALE; MELANOMA; MESENTERY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036862359     PISSN: 03998320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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