ALK-1 protein expression and alk gene rearrangements aid in the diagnosis of inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors of the female genital tract

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 136, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 623-626

  Fuehrer, Neil E ^a   Keeney, Gary L ^a   Ketterling, Rhett P ^a   Knudson, Ryan A ^a   Bell, Debra A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC LYMPHOMA KINASE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; GYNECOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MYOFIBROBLAST;

ADULT; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENITAL DISEASES, FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MYOFIBROBLASTS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84864220015     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2011-0341-OA     Document Type: Article

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