Gastrointestinal stromal tumors and leiomyomas in the dog: A histopathologic, immunohistochemical, and molecular genetic study of 50 cases

Veterinary Pathology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 42-54

  Frost, D ^a   Lasota, J ^a   Miettinen, M ^a  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

c kit protein; Dogs; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; GIST; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; DESMIN; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; DNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOG DISEASE; EXON; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; MALE; MITOSIS RATE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; CHEMISTRY; DOG; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STROMA CELL;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, NEOPLASM; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; MALE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STROMAL CELLS;

EID: 0037263987     PISSN: 03009858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1354/vp.40-1-42     Document Type: Article

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