Ganglion-cell tumor of the filum terminate: Immunohistochemical characterization

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 188, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 245-256

  Kikuchi, Kenji ^a,b   Saito, Masahibo ^a  

^a AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AKITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PATHOLOGY; PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOR;

ADULT; CAUDA EQUINA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033155255     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.188.245     Document Type: Article

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