Gastrointestinal stromal tumour: Varied presentation of a rare disease

Canadian Journal of Surgery

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 286-289

  Bardell, Trevor ^a   Jalink, Diederick W ^a   Hurlbut, David J ^a   Mercer, C Dale ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMATINIB; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33748940419     PISSN: 0008428X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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