Granular cell tumor of intracranial meninges

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 41-44

  Vang, R ^a   Heck, K ^a   Fuller, G N ^b   Medeiros, L J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Central nervous system; Granular cell tumor; Intracranial; Leptomeninges

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MENINX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

CELL DIVISION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGES; MIDDLE AGED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033978263     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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