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c-kit mutational analysis in paraffin material.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2013
Sotlar Karl
Abstract excerpt
The current WHO classification of mastocytosis defines one major and four minor diagnostic criteria for systemic mastocytosis (SM). One of the minor criteria is the detection of the "gain-of-function" mutation D816V of the c-kit proto-oncogene in extracutaneous organs. The receptor molecule KIT is a potential therapeutic target for tyrosine kinase inhibitors. KIT mutations have been described in more than 80% of...
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