Oligodendroglioma with signet-ring cell morphology: A case report with an immunohistochemical and ultrastructural study

Pathology International

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 144-150

  Mikami, Yoshiki ^a   Shirabe, Teruo ^a   Hata, Sakae ^a   Watanabe, Akira ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Oligodendroglioma; Signet ring cell

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY KI 67;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THALAMUS;

EID: 0031960236     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1998.tb03884.x     Document Type: Article

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