An unusual variant of ependymoma with extensive tumor cell vacuolization

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 310-316

  Hirato, Junko ^a   Nakazato, Yoichi ^a   Iijima, Misa ^a   Yokoo, Hideaki ^a   Sasaki, Atsushi ^a   Yokota, Machiko ^a   Ono, Nobuyuki ^a   Hirato, Masafumi ^a   Inoue, Hiroshi ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ependymoma; Epithelial membrane antigen; Intracytoplasmic lumina; Intracytoplasmic vacuole; Signet ring cell

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CHILD; ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; OCCIPITAL LOBE;

EID: 0031042384     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050620     Document Type: Article

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