Gastrointestinal stromal tumors in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 43-50

  Tesfay, Wegatha ^a   Komminoth, Paul ^b   Schneider, Jakob ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Cajal cells; CD117; GIST; Gleevec; KIT receptor

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TUMOR MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD34; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79953756667     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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