Central Nervous System Neoplasms: Indications for Electron Microscopy

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 35-46

  Langford, Lauren A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Desmoplastic neuroepithelial tumors of infancy; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma; Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma; Subependymoma; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPENDYMOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ASTROCYTOMA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPENDYMOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; NEUROCYTOMA; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030043912     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01913129609023236     Document Type: Article

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