Histological heterogeneity of dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour: Identification and differential diagnosis in a series of 74 cases

Histopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 342-356

  Honavar, M ^a,c   Janota, I ^a   Polkey, C E ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b King's Healthcare Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c HOSPITAL PEDRO HISPANO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumour; Epilepsy surgery

Indexed keywords

ENOLASE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CANCER SURGERY; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032895546     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.1999.00576.x     Document Type: Article

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