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Molecular and Immunologic Techniques in a Genetically Engineered Mouse Model of Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumor
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[GIST: gastrointestinal stromal tumors]
Sara Uria1, Ana Patrícia Cachado, Teresa Garcia
1Serviço de Medicina Interna III, Hospital Pulido Valente (CHLN), Lisbon, Portugal.
Acta Medica Portuguesa
|June 21, 2012
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GIST (Gastrointestinal stromal tumors) are rare tumors of mesenchymal origin. The authors present a case of GIST in a 80 years old female with multiple co-morbilities, admitted with epigastric pain, gastrointestinal bleeding and heart failure decompensation.
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