Mutations and protein expression of KIT and PDGFRA genes in ipsilateral testicular seminomas: An immunohistochemical and molecular genetic study

Applied Immunohistochemistry and Molecular Morphology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 450-453

  Terada, Tadashi ^a  

^a Shizuoka Municipal Shimizu Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

KIT; PDGFRA; testicular seminoma

Indexed keywords

PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; EXON; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; IPSILATERAL TESTICULAR SEMINOMA; KIT GENE; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEMINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 80052694716     PISSN: 15412016     EISSN: 15334058     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAI.0b013e31820d2872     Document Type: Article

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