Tanycytic ependymoma

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 135-142

  Langford, Lauren A ^a,b   Barré, Gregg M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ependymal cell; Ependymoma; Glioma; Tanycyte; Tanycytic ependymoma; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0030903734     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01913129709021312     Document Type: Article

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