Primary intracranial germ cell tumors: Clinicopathologic review of 32 cases

Pediatric Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 713-727

  Salzman, K L ^a   Rojiani, A M ^a   Buatti, J ^a   Quisling, R G ^a   Marcus, R B ^a   Maria, B L ^a   Mickle, J P ^b   Kedar, A ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical features; Follow up; Germ cell tumors; Intracranial; Neuroimaging; Pathology

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE PLACENTA ISOENZYME; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; BLEOMYCIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEWBORN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SELLA TURCICA; TERATOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0030742214     PISSN: 10771042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15513819709168597     Document Type: Review

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