Supratentorial ependymomas in adult patients

Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 721-731

  Schwartz, Theodore H ^a   Kim, Samuel ^a   Glick, Rachel S ^b   Bagiella, Emilia ^b   Balmaceda, Casilda ^a   Fetell, Michael R ^a   Stein, Bennett M ^a   Sisti, Michael B ^a   Bruce, Jeffrey N ^a  

^a NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b New York Presbyterian Hospital Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Brain tumor; Ependymoma; Histology; Ploidy; Proliferation index; Radiation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METASTASIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0033038018     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199904000-00018     Document Type: Article

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