Divergent differentiation in pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: Evidence for a neuronal element and possible relationship to ganglion cell tumors

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 80-85

  Powell, Suzanne Z ^a   Yachnis, Anthony T ^a   Rorke, Lucy B ^b   Rojiani, Amyn M ^a   Eskin, Thomas A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Double immunolabelling; Neurofilament protein; Synaptophysin; Xanthoastrocytoma

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGEN DETECTION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; GLIA CELL; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; MALE; MALIGNANT TERATOMA; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; PHENOTYPE; SUBEPENDYMOMA; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYTOPLASM; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; STAINING AND LABELING; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 0030053190     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199601000-00009     Document Type: Article

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