Papillary glioneuronal tumor: A new variant of mixed neuronal-glial neoplasm

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1171-1183

  Komori, Takashi ^a,b   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^a   Anthony, Douglas C ^c   Rosenblum, Marc K ^d   McLendon, Roger E ^e   Scott, R Michael ^c   Okazaki, Haruo ^a   Kobayashi, Makio ^f  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Class III tubulin; Gangliocytoma; Ganglioglioma; Mixed neuronal glial tumor; Neurocytoma; Neuroepithelial tumor; Synaptophisyn

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN A; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MIXED TUMOR; NERVE CELL; NEUROMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLOMA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FEMALE; GANGLIOGLIOMA; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYTOMA; S100 PROTEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0031680670     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199810000-00002     Document Type: Article

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