An unusual meningioma variant with glial fibrillary acidic protein expression

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 499-503

  Su, Mu ^a   Ono, Koji ^a   Tanaka, Ryuichi ^a   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Immunohistochemistry; Intercellular lumina; Meningioma; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DESMOSOME; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MICROVILLUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FRONTAL LOBE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; RECURRENCE; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0030776179     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050739     Document Type: Article

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