On the prevalence of KRAS mutations in GISTs

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 463, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 847-

  Ricci, Riccardo ^a   Dei Tos, Angelo Paolo ^b   Rindi, Guido ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b TREVISO REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COHORT ANALYSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMOR; GENE MUTATION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; GENETICS; HUMAN; PATHOLOGY;

GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; GASTROINTESTINAL STROMAL TUMORS; HUMANS;

EID: 84890523346     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: 14322307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-013-1496-z     Document Type: Letter

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