True smooth muscle neoplasms of the gastrointestinal tract: Morphological spectrum and classification in a series of 85 cases from a single institute

Langenbeck's Archives of Surgery

Volumn 392, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 75-81

  Agaimy, Abbas ^a   Wünsch, Peter H ^a  

^a KLINIKUM NÜRNBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal; GIST; Leiomyoma; Leiomyosarcoma; Polypoid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON TUMOR; COLORECTAL ADENOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ILEUM TUMOR; INCIDENCE; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MUSCLE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; STOMACH; STOMACH TUMOR; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 33846429246     PISSN: 14352443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00423-006-0092-y     Document Type: Article

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