Intracranial ependymomas of childhood lack of correlation of histopathology and clinical outcome

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 192, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 515-522

  Gerszten, P C ^a   Pollack, I F ^a   Martinez A J ^a   Lo, K H ^a   Janosky, J ^a   Albright, A L ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Childhood; Ependymoma; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN NECROSIS; BRAIN SURGERY; CHILD; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROSETTE FORMATION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0029783603     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0344-0338(96)80100-2     Document Type: Article

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