Extraventricular cerebral anaplastic ependymomas

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 630-635

  Molina, Omaira M ^b   Colina, José L ^a   Luzardo, Gustavo D ^a   Mendez, Oscar E ^a   Cardozo, Daniela ^a   Velasquez, Hermes S ^a   Cardozo, José J ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DEL ZULIA   (Venezuela)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE MARACAIBO   (Venezuela)

Author keywords

Anaplastic ependymoma; Malignant ependymoma; Malignant glial neoplasm; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VENEZUELA;

EID: 0032975245     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(98)00118-9     Document Type: Article

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