Pathologic features of ependymoma: Histologic patterns and a review of the literature

Neuropathology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-12

  Kawano, Nobuyuki ^a,e   Yagishita, Saburo ^b   Hara, Masamichi ^c   Tadokoro, Mamoru ^d  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kanagawa Rehabilitations Hospital   (Japan)

^c YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ependymoma; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Inclusion body; Pathology; Tanycyte

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; VIMENTIN;

CELL INCLUSION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EOSINOPHIL; EPENDYMOMA; EPITHELIUM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROVILLUS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ROSETTE FORMATION; TUMOR CELL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0031902858     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.1998.tb00071.x     Document Type: Review

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