Fetal ependymona associated with Down's syndrome

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 78-81

  Rickert, Christian H ^a   Göcke, Helga ^b   Paulus, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Congenital ependymoma; Down's syndrome; Fetal Brain tumor

Indexed keywords

CELL MARKER; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

AMNIOCENTESIS; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER RISK; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOWN SYNDROME; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATION PERIOD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALFORMATION SYNDROME; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDULLA OBLONGATA; NERVE CELL; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RISK ASSESSMENT; ROSETTE FORMATION; SOLID TUMOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; ADULT; FETUS DISEASE; PATHOLOGY; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DOWN SYNDROME; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FETAL DISEASES; FETUS; HUMANS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 0036368821     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010100431     Document Type: Article

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