Ultrastructural pathology of glial brain tumors revisited: A review

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-31

  Liberski, Pawel P ^a,b,c   Kordek, Radzislaw ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b POLISH MOTHER S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^c Department of Molecular Biology   (Poland)

Author keywords

brain tumors; electron microscopy; ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0031046504     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/01913129709023244     Document Type: Review

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