A sporadic multiple GIST with unusual pathologic, molecular, and genetic features [5]

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 340-341

  Miselli, Francesca ^a   Conca, Elena ^a   Casieri, Paola ^a   Grosso, Federica ^a   Schiavo, Marcello ^a   Tamborini, Elena ^a   Pilotti, Silvana ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; EXON; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GASTROSCOPY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LAPAROSCOPY; LETTER; MALE; SPINDLE CELL; STAINING; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, NEOPLASM; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; JEJUNAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; POINT MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 38649100647     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3180cac5f7     Document Type: Letter

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