"Pediatric-type" gastrointestinal stromal tumors are SDHB negative ("type 2") GISTs

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1245-1247

  Gill, Anthony J ^a,c   Chou, Angela ^d,e   Vilain, Ricardo E ^f,g   Clifton Bligh, Roderick J ^b  

^a Department of Anatomical Pathology ^*  (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^f JOHN HUNTER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SDHB PROTEIN, HUMAN; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; TUMOR MARKER;

CLASSIFICATION; ENZYMOLOGY; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MUTATION; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGY; STOMACH TUMOR;

GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUTATION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SUCCINATE DEHYDROGENASE; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 79961063858     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3182217b93     Document Type: Letter

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