The New WHO Classification of Brain Tumours

Brain Pathology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1993, Pages 255-268

  Kleihues, Paul ^a   Burger, Peter C ^b   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; CONFERENCE PAPER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0027301923     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: 17503639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.1993.tb00752.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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