Gastrointestinal stromal tumors: A demographic, morphologic and immunohistochemical study

Indian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 214-216

  Rauf, F ^a,b   Bhurgri, Y ^a   Pervez, S ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b PESHAWAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIBODY; DESMIN; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MESENTERY TUMOR; ORGAN DISTRIBUTION; PANCREAS TUMOR; RECTUM TUMOR; RETROPERITONEAL TUMOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL INTESTINE TUMOR; STOMACH TUMOR; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGE FACTORS; ANTIGENS, CD34; AUTOANTIBODIES; DESMIN; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RISK FACTORS; S100 PROTEINS; SEX FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN;

EID: 39049150808     PISSN: 02548860     EISSN: 02548860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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