Loss of merlin expression in sporadic meningiomas, ependymomas and schwannomas

Neurology

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 267-270

  Gutmann, David H ^a   Giordano, Michael J ^a   Fishback, Amanda S ^a   Guha, Abhijit ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 22Q; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPENDYMOMA; GENE LOCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MENINGIOMA; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0030853891     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.49.1.267     Document Type: Article

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