Melanotic astrocytoma

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 549-553

  Vajtai, István ^a   Yonekawa, Yasuhiro ^b   Schäuble, Barbara ^b   Paulus, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Melanogenesis; Neuromelanin; Pigmented glioma

Indexed keywords

NEUROMELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ASTROCYTES; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANINS;

EID: 0029989483     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050465     Document Type: Article

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