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World J Gastrointest Oncol. Sep 15, 2010; 2(9): 364-368
Published online Sep 15, 2010. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v2.i9.364
Published online Sep 15, 2010. doi: 10.4251/wjgo.v2.i9.364
Immunohistochemical and molecular genetic analyses of multiple sporadic gastrointestinal stromal tumors
Masatsugu Hiraki, Yoshihiko Kitajima, Takao Ohtsuka, Shuusuke Miyake, Yasuo Koga, Hirokazu Noshiro, Kohji Miyazaki, Department of Surgery, Saga University Faculty of Medicine, Saga 849-8501, Japan
Keita Kai, Daisuke Mori, Osamu Tokunaga, Department of Pathology and Biodefense, Saga University Faculty of Medicine, Saga 849-8501, Japan
Author contributions: Hiraki M, Kitajima Y, Ohtsuka T, Miyake S, Koga Y, Noshiro H and Miyazaki K treated the patient; Hiraki M and Kitajima Y performed DNA sequencing analysis and analyzed data; Kai K, Mori D and Tokunaga O performed pathological diagnosis; Hiraki M wrote the manuscript supervised by Kitajima Y; Noshiro H and Miyazaki K approved the final version of the manuscript.
Correspondence to: Yoshihiko Kitajima, MD, PhD, Department of Surgery, Saga University Faculty of Medicine, 5-1-1 Nabeshima, Saga 849-8501, Japan. kitajiy@cc.saga-u.ac.jp
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Received: April 7, 2010
Revised: August 3, 2010
Accepted: August 10, 2010
Published online: September 15, 2010
Revised: August 3, 2010
Accepted: August 10, 2010
Published online: September 15, 2010
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