Familial medulloblastoma: Case report of one family and review of the literature

Neurosurgery

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 227-233

  Von Koch, Cornelia S ^a   Gulati, Mittul ^a   Aldape, Kenneth ^b   Berger, Mitchel S ^a   Rutka, James T ^c   Taylor, Michael ^c   Gilles, Floyd H ^c   Raffel, Corey ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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

^c Box 0112 ^*

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Familial; Medulloblastoma; Wnt gene family

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; GENE PRODUCT; GLI ANTIBODY; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL NEVUS SYNDROME; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; FAMILIAL CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; ONSET AGE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUBINSTEIN SYNDROME; SOLID TUMOR; TURCOT SYNDROME;

ADULT; BETA CATENIN; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; ONCOGENE PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036664816     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-200207000-00035     Document Type: Article

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