Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: Ultrastructural study and origin of the tumor

Neuropathology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 62-66

  Nakamura, Saburo ^a   Furuichi, Makoto ^a   Yoshida, Kenshi ^a  

^a NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Basal lamina; Glia limitans; Hemidesmosome; Histogenesis; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOMA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CASE REPORT; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GIANT CELL; HEMIDESMOSOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENINX; MICROTUBULE; PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0031949579     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.1998.tb00079.x     Document Type: Article

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