Evidence for developmental precursor lesions in epilepsy-associated glioneuronal tumors

Microscopy Research and Technique

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-58

  Blümcke, Ingmar ^a,c   Löbach, Manuel ^a   Wolf, Helmut K ^b   Wiestler, Otmar D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER MAINZ   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Ganglioglioma; Malformation; Stem cell; Tumor

Indexed keywords

CELL ADHESION; NEUROLOGY; STEM CELLS;

ADMIXTURE; EPILEPSY; GANGLIOGLIOMA; GENETIC ALTERATIONS; HAMARTOMA; MALFORMATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PRECURSOR LESIONS; STEM-CELL; TEMPORAL LOBES;

TUMORS;

CD34 ANTIGEN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; ONCOFETAL ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; GLIA; GLIOMA; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0033168159     PISSN: 1059910X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0029(19990701)46:1<53::AID-JEMT5>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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