Ganglioglioma with a tanycytic ependymoma as the glial component

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 310-316

  Hayashi, Shintaro ^a   Kameyama, Shigeki ^b   Fukuda, Masafumi ^b   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NISHI NIIGATA CHUO NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ependymoma (tanycytic variant); Ganglioglioma; Immunohistochemistry; Neurofibrillary tangle; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN A; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPENDYMOMA; FRONTAL LOBE; GLIA CELL; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROTUBULE; MICROVILLUS; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOPODIUM;

EID: 0033952294     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00007443     Document Type: Article

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