The ultrastructure of ependymoma: Personal experience and the review of the literature

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 212-220

  Liberski, Paweł P ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b POLISH MOTHER S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Ependymoma; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPENDYMOMA; HUMAN; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EPENDYMOMA; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON;

EID: 0030310560     PISSN: 00283894     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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