Melanotic cerebral astrocytoma: Case report and literature review

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 200-204

  Kanzawa, Takao ^a,b   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^b   Hayano, Makoto ^a   Mori, Shuichi ^a   Shimbo, Yoshikatsu ^a   Kitazawa, Tomoji ^a  

^a Mito Saiseikai General Hospital   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Epilepsy; Melanin; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma; Temporal lobe

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MELANIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOPLASM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANINS; MIDDLE AGED; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0031030227     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050603     Document Type: Article

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