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Immunohistochemical evaluation of KIT expression in sarcomas of the gynecologic region.
International journal of gynecological pathology : official journal of the International Society of Gynecological Pathologists - 1 Jan 2006
Nakayama Masato, Mitsuhashi Tomoko, Shimizu Yoshihiko, Ban Shinichi, Ogawa Fumihiro, Ishihara Osamu, Shimizu Michio
Abstract excerpt
KIT is expressed in most gastrointestinal stromal tumors, and they usually show c-kit aberrations (most frequently deletions or deletions coexisting with a single or multiple point mutations). Recently, several studies regarding KIT expression in gynecologic tumors have been reported; however, their outcomes were not consistent. In this study, we immunohistochemically examined KIT expression in sarcomas of the...
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