Desmoplastic cerebral astrocytoma of infancy: A case report

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 45-51

  Olas, Elzbiera ^a   Kordek, Radzisław ^a   Biernat, Wojciech ^a   Liberski, Pawel P ^a,b   Zakrzewski, Krzysztof ^b   Alwasiak, Janusz ^a   Polis, Lech ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

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

Author keywords

Desmoplastic cerebral astrocytoma of infancy (DCAI)

Indexed keywords

COLLAGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPLASM; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; PATHOLOGY;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COLLAGEN; CYTOPLASM; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031629292     PISSN: 00283894     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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