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Multiple gastrointestinal stromal tumors in type I neurofibromatosis: a pathologic and molecular study.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Apr 2005
Yantiss Rhonda K, Rosenberg Andrew E, Sarran Lisa, Besmer Peter, Antonescu Cristina R
Abstract excerpt
Multiple gastrointestinal stromal tumors typically occur in familial form associated with KIT receptor tyrosine kinase or platelet-derived growth factor receptor-alpha (PDGFRA) germline mutations, but may also develop in the setting of type 1 neurofibromatosis. The molecular abnormalities of gastrointestinal stromal tumors arising in neurofibromatosis have not been extensively studied. We identified three...
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