Melanotic progonoma of the brain: A case report and review

Child's Nervous System

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 389-393

  Rickert, Christian H ^a   Probst Cousin, Stefan ^a   Blasius, Sebastian ^b   Gullotta, Filippo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Medulloblastoma; Melanotic progonoma; Neuroectodermal tumor of infancy; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MELANOAMELOBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINE METASTASIS;

ABDOMINAL NEOPLASMS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MACROPHAGES; MALE; MELANINS; MITOTIC INDEX; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMOR, MELANOTIC; PINEAL GLAND; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031751432     PISSN: 02567040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s003810050251     Document Type: Article

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