KIT and PDGFRA in esophageal pure small cell carcinoma

International Journal of Clinical and Experimental Pathology

Volumn 4, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 718-721

  Terada, Tadashi ^a  

^a SHIZUOKA CITY SHIMIZU HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophagus; KIT; PDGFRA; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TUMOR MARKER;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FATALITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; BIOPSY; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; RECEPTOR, PLATELET-DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84855539915     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19362625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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