Neurotrophins and neuronal versus glial differentiation in medulloblastomas and other pediatric brain tumors

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 95, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 325-332

  Tajima, Yasuo ^a   Molina Jr , René P ^a   Rorke, Lucy B ^a   Kaplan, David R ^b   Radeke, Monte ^c   Feinstein, Stuart C ^c   Lee, Virginia M Y ^a   Trojanowski, John Q ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell differentiation; Neurotrophin; Pediatric brain tumor; Primitive neuroectodermal tumpor; Trk receptor

Indexed keywords

BRAIN DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NERVE GROWTH FACTOR; NEUROTROPHIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NEUROFILAMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, NEOPLASM; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; BRAIN-DERIVED NEUROTROPHIC FACTOR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NERVE GROWTH FACTORS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS; NEUROTROPHIN 3; RECEPTOR PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES;

EID: 0031915093     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050806     Document Type: Article

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