Association of pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma with cortical dysplasia and neuronal tumors: A report of three cases

Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 2551-2563

  Lach, Boleslaw ^a   Duggal, Neil ^b   DaSilva, Vasco F ^a   Benoit, Brien G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

brain neoplasm; cortical dysplasia; epilepsy; gangliocytoma; immunohistochemistry; pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSPLASIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBRAL CORTEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; SEIZURES;

EID: 0029852979     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19961215)78:12<2551::AID-CNCR15>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Article

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