Lipomatous medulloblastoma

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 175-179

  Orlandi, A ^a   Marino, B ^a   Brunori, M ^b   Greco, R ^b   Spagnoli, L G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Cerebellar neoplasm; Differentiation; Medulloblastoma

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADIPOCYTE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CRANIOTOMY; DNA DETERMINATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GLIA CELL; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LIPOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030816029     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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