Intra-axial endophytic primitive neuroectodermal tumors in the pons: Clinical, radiological, and immunohistochemical aspects in four children

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 125-129

  Behnke, Julianne ^a   Mursch, Kay ^a   Brück, Wolfgang ^a   Christen, Hans Jürgen ^a   Markakis, Evangelos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Brainstem surgery; Intrinsic lesions; Primitive neuroectodermal tumor

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; FATALITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PONS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TUMOR GROWTH;

ACTINS; ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DESMIN; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; KERATINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PONS; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0029984634     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00266812     Document Type: Article

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