Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor of the central nervous system: A highly malignant tumor of infancy and childhood frequently mistaken for medulloblastoma: A Pediatric Oncology Group study

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1083-1092

  Burger, Peter C ^a   Yu, I T ^a   Tihan, Tarik ^a   Friedman, Henry S ^b   Strother, Douglas R ^c   Kepner, James L ^d   Duffner, Patricia K ^e   Kun, Larry E ^f   Perlman, Elizabeth J ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d University of Florida ^*  (United States)

^e ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor; Children; Embryonal tumors; Medulloblastoma; Primitive neuroectodermal tumor; Rhabdoid tumor

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ACTIN; CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHORDOMA; CHROMOSOME 22; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE SIMULATION; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MONOSOMY; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NEWBORN; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RHABDOID TUMOR; TERATOMA;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION, FLUORESCENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; RHABDOID TUMOR; TERATOMA;

EID: 0031680298     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199809000-00007     Document Type: Article

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