The endoscopic appearance of a gastrointestinal stromal tumor in a pediatric patient

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1302-1305

  Muniyappa, Pramodha ^a   Kay, Marsha ^a   Feinberg, Lisa ^a   Mahajan, Lori ^a   Stallion, Anthony ^a   Wyllie, Robert ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

CD117; Gastrointestinal stromal tumor; KIT; Malignancy; Pediatric; Stomach

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN; IMATINIB; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MELENA; OCCULT BLOOD; PARTIAL GASTRECTOMY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ANTRUM; SYNCOPE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, EMISSION-COMPUTED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34347346017     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2007.04.041     Document Type: Article

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