Gastrointestinal stromal tumors and KIT‐positive mesenchymal cells in the omentum
- 1 July 2001
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Pathology International
- Vol. 51 (7) , 524-531
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1827.2001.01224.x
Abstract
Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is currently considered to be derived from the interstitial cells of Cajal (ICC). To test the hypothesis that omental mesenchymal tumor is also a type of GIST, w...Keywords
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