ALK-positive renal cell carcinoma in a large series of consecutively resected Korean renal cell carcinoma patients

Korean Journal of Pathology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 452-457

  Lee, Cheol ^a   Park, Jeong Whan ^a   Suh, Ja Hee ^a   Nam, Kyung Han ^a   Moon, Kyung Chul ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

ALK; Carcinoma, renal cell; Immunohistochemistry; In situ hybridization, fluorescence

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887562018     PISSN: 17381843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4132/KoreanJPathol.2013.47.5.452     Document Type: Article

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