Spinal melanotic schwannoma: A tumour with poor prognosis

Histopathology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 558-566

  Vallat Decouvelaere, A V ^a   Wassef, M ^a   Lot, G ^a   Catala, M ^b   Moussalam, M ^c   Caruel, N ^d   Mikol, J ^e  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^d Neurosurgery   (France)

^e Hòpital Lariboisière ^*

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Malignant tumour; Melanoma; Melanotic schwannoma; Spinal tumour

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NEURILEMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAUDA EQUINA; CELL NUCLEUS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MELANOSOMES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEURILEMMOMA; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033461834     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2559.1999.00786.x     Document Type: Article

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