Possible diagnostic pitfalls of c-kit immunohistochemistry [2];C-kit: Parfois un faux ami!

Annales de Pathologie

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 189-190

  Hervieu, Valérie ^a   Terdjman, Pierre ^b   Scoazec, Jean Yves ^a  

^a EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Cabinet de Pathologie   (France)

Author keywords

C kit; Carcinoma; Esophagus; GIST; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 7; DESMIN; IMATINIB; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

AGED; CASE REPORT; CELL SPECIFICITY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE METAPLASIA; LETTER; MALE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; NEOPLASM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0042320819     PISSN: 02426498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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