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Immunohistochemical phenotyping and PCNA detection in gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Vrettou E, Karkavelas G, Christoforidou B, Meditskou S, Papadimitriou C S
Abstract excerpt
The immunohistochemical profile and the expression of proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) were studied in a series of 44 mesenchymal tumors of the gastrointestinal tract (GIT). On routinely hematoxylin-eosin stained sections 31 cases were classified as leiomyomas or leiomyomatoid tumors, 12 as leiomyosarcomas and 1 as a neurilemmoma. Immunohistochemical stains for smooth muscle antigen (SMA), S-100 protein,...
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