Tyrosine kinase mutations in gastrointestinal stromal tumors in a nation-wide study in Iceland.

• Published in: APMIS
• Main Authors: Tryggvason, G, Hilmarsdottir, B, Gunnarsson, G H, Jonsson, J J, Jonasson, J G, Magnusson, M K
• Other Authors: Department of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, University of Iceland, Iceland.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Munksgaard 2010
• Subjects: Adult; Aged; 80 and over; DNA Primers; DNA; Neoplasm; Exons; Female; Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors; Humans; Iceland; Male; Middle Aged; Mutation; Point Mutation; Protein-Tyrosine Kinases; Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit; Receptor; Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha; Retrospective Studies; Sequence Deletion; Gist
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2336/113706; https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0463.2010.02643.x

To access publisher full text version of this article. Please click on the hyperlink in Additional Links field Gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) is the most common mesenchymal tumor of the gastrointestinal tract. It is characterized by activating mutations in the tyrosine kinase genes c-kit or P...