A new case of Carney triad: Gastrointestinal stromal tumours and leiomyoma of the oesophagus do not show activating mutations of KIT and platelet-derived growth factor receptor α

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1097-1099

  Knop, S ^a   Schupp, M ^b   Wardelmann, E ^c   Stueker, D ^b   Horger, M S ^b   Kanz, L ^b   Einsele, H ^a   Kroeber, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PLATELET DERIVED TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CARNEY COMPLEX; CASE REPORT; CHONDROMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; EXON; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; PARAGANGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; LEIOMYOMA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; SYNDROME;

EID: 33750006833     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2005.029801     Document Type: Article

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