Gastrointestinal stromal tumours: an immunohistochemical study of 165 cases.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2559.1991.tb00045.x

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Gastrointestinal stromal tumours: an immunohistochemical study of 165 cases.

Histopathology - 1 Oct 1991

Hurlimann J, Gardiol D

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The phenotype of 165 gastrointestinal stromal tumours was studied by immunohistochemistry. In each case the phenotype was compared to the histological diagnosis. The phenotype was muscle in 49 tumours (30%), neural in 18 (11%), histiocytic in 20 (12%) and mixed in five (3%); 68 tumours (41%) were...

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Biomarkers
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Humans
Immunoenzyme Techniques
Neoplasms, Muscle Tissue
Neoplasms, Nerve Tissue
Phenotype

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