Cerebellar pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma in an infant

Pathology International

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 811-815

  Lim, Sung Chul ^a,b   Jang, Seok Jeong ^a   Kim, Young Sook ^a  

^a Chosun University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Chosun University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Infant; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HEMISPHERE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RETICULIN; XANTHOMATOSIS;

EID: 0032717092     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.1999.00936.x     Document Type: Article

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