Overexpression of KIT (CD117) in chromophobe renal cell carcinoma and renal oncocytoma

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 878-883

  Pan, Chin Chen ^a,b   Chen, Paul Chih Hsueh ^a   Chiang, Hung ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Angiomyolipoma; CD117; Chromophobe renal cell carcinoma; Immunohistochemistry; KIT; Mutation; Oncocytoma; Renal cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA EXTRACTION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY COLLECTING TUBULE; KIDNEY ONCOCYTOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONCOCYTOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

EID: 2442710105     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/A7M2XTMJQK0KPQER     Document Type: Article

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