Sacral chordoma in early childhood: Clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 1, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 420-426

  Iwasa, Yoko ^a   Nakashima, Yasuaki ^a   Okajima, Hideaki ^a   Morishita, Shinobu ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atypical chordoma; Children; Chordoma; Immunohistochemistry; Sacrum

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CHORDOMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FATALITY; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SACRUM; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORDOMA; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SACRUM; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032150839     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100249900057     Document Type: Article

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