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Gastrointestinal stromal tumors in children and young adults: a clinicopathologic and molecular genetic study of 22 Korean cases.
APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica - 1 Oct 2013
Kang Guhyun, Park Young Soo, Jung Eun-Sun, Joo Mee, Kang Mi Seon, Ahn Soomin, Kang Gu Hyum, Kim Kyoung-Mee
Abstract excerpt
Studies on gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) in young patients are limited due to their rarity, and none have been conducted in Asian populations. GISTs from patients under the age of 30 were retrospectively reviewed and were analyzed for clinicopathologic features, immunohistochemistry for SDHB (succinate dehydrogenase subunit B), and mutations for exon 9, 11, 13, and 17 of KIT gene and exon 12, 14, and 18...
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