Gastrointestinal stromal tumors in Koreans: It's incidence and the clinical, pathologic and immunohistochemical findings

Journal of Korean Medical Science

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 977-984

  Kim, Kyoung Mee ^a   Dong, Wook Kang ^b   Woo, Sung Moon ^c   Jae, Bok Park ^d   Cheol, Keun Park ^e   Jin, Hee Sohn ^e   Jin, Sook Jeong ^f   Cho, Mee Yon ^g   Jin, So Young ^h   Jong, Sang Choi ⁱ   Kang, Dae Young ^j  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

^b Eulji University   (South Korea)

^c Chungbuk National University   (South Korea)

^d Catholic University of Daegu   (South Korea)

^e Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^f Dong A University   (South Korea)

^g Yonsei University Wonju College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^h Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

ⁱ Korea University   (South Korea)

^j Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

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Author keywords

Colon; Esophagus; Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors; Immunohistochemistry; Incidence; Intestine, small; Korean; Rectum; Stomach

Indexed keywords

EID: 31544479785     PISSN: 10118934     EISSN: 15986357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3346/jkms.2005.20.6.977     Document Type: Article

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