Endoscopic Ultrasound-guided fine needle aspiration biopsy for the molecular diagnosis of gastrointestinalstromal tumors: Shifting treatment options

Journal of Gastrointestinal and Liver Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 131-133

  Sǎftoiu, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY OF CRAIOVA   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; IMATINIB; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; VASCULOTROPIN RECEPTOR; VIMENTIN;

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CELL INCLUSION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NERVE CELL;

EID: 46449107560     PISSN: 18418724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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