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PDGFRalpha- and c-kit-mutated gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs) are characterized by distinctive histological and immunohistochemical features.
Histopathology - 1 Feb 2005
Pauls K, Merkelbach-Bruse S, Thal D, Büttner R, Wardelmann E
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AIMS: To study the immunohistochemical and histological features of 158 gastrointestinal stromal tumours (GISTs), consisting of 137 tumours with mutations in c-kit and platelet-derived growth factor receptor-alpha (PDGFRalpha) genes and 21 wt-GISTs. Additionally, we evaluated the localization of PDGFRalpha in the normal intestine. PDGFRalpha gene mutations were recently described in a subset of GISTs and it has...
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