Hugh Cairns, Dorothy Russell and the first pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma?

British Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 174-177

  Geddes, Jennian F ^a   Swash, M ^a  

^a ROYAL LONDON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brain tumour; Dorothy Russell; History of neurosurgery; Hugh Cairns; Phomorphic xanthoastrocytoma

Indexed keywords

PARAFFIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; HISTOLOGY; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROFILM; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEUROSURGERY;

EID: 0032967936     PISSN: 02688697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02688699943943     Document Type: Article

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