Human Pathology
Volume 41, Issue 4 , Pages 605-609 , April 2010

Primary gastrointestinal stromal tumor of the liver with PDGFRA gene mutation

  • Hidetaka Yamamoto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomic Pathology, Pathological Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author.
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  • Yuichi Miyamoto, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Shiroishi Kyoritu Hospital, Saga 849-1112, Japan
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  • Yunosuke Nishihara, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomic Pathology, Pathological Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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  • Aya Kojima, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomic Pathology, Pathological Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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  • Masakazu Imamura, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomic Pathology, Pathological Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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  • Keiji Kishikawa, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Surgery, Shiroishi Kyoritu Hospital, Saga 849-1112, Japan
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  • Yukari Takase, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga 849-8501, Japan
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  • Keisuke Ario, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga 849-8501, Japan
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  • Yoshinao Oda, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomic Pathology, Pathological Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan
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  • Masazumi Tsuneyoshi, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Anatomic Pathology, Pathological Sciences, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka 812-8582, Japan

Received 22 April 2009 ,Revised 14 September 2009 ,Accepted 15 September 2009.

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PII: S0046-8177(09)00405-5

doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2009.09.016

Human Pathology
Volume 41, Issue 4 , Pages 605-609 , April 2010

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