Article
[Clinical and morphological characteristics of gastrointestinal stromal tumors].
Arkhiv patologii - 1 Jan 2000
Kravtsov V G, Zaĭrat'iants O V
Abstract excerpt
GIST are stromal tumors and the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) and some other organs of spindle-cell or epithelioid-cell structure expressing CD117 (C-kit, KIT), as well as those at different rates and in different combinations, CD34, smooth muscle and/or neurogenic differentiation antigens. It should be taken into account that CD117 are also expressed by melanomas, vascular, and some other tumors. The c-kit gene...
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