Pathological features of dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNT): Study of five surgical cases with intractable epilepsies

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 541-547

  Asano, Eishi ^a   Suzuki, Hiroyoshi ^b   Shamoto, Hiroshi ^c   Otsuki, Taisuke ^d   Yoshimoto, Takashi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b SENDAI CITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c Konan Hospital   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor; Epilepsy surgery; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MALIGNANT TERATOMA; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; SCHOOL CHILD; TEMPORAL LOBE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL;

EID: 0033021473     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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