Supratentorial primitive neuroectodermal tumours: A report of four cases with an unusual clinical course in one patient

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 140, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 207-213

  Nishio, S ^a,b   Morioka, T ^a   Suzuki, S ^a   Hamada, Y ^a   Kaneko, Y ^a   Fukui, M ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cell kinetics; Clinical feature; PNET; Trk

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

CELL DIVISION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; INFANT; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEURONS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES; RECEPTOR, CILIARY NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; RECEPTOR, TRKA; RECEPTORS, NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031899924     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s007010050087     Document Type: Article

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