Are childhood and adult medulloblastomas different? A comparative study of clinicopathological features, proliferation index and apoptotic index

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 49-61

  Sarkar, Chitra ^a   Pramanik, Pulakesh ^a   Karak, Asis Kumar ^a   Mukhopadhyay, Partho ^a   Sharma, Mehar Chand ^a   Singh, Varindera Paul ^a   Mehta, Veer Singh ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Age; Apoptosis; Bcl 2; Medulloblastomas; p53; Proliferation

Indexed keywords

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY KI 67; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; LABELING INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; ONCOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGING; APOPTOSIS; CELL DIVISION; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MIDDLE AGED; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 0036679244     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1016357731363     Document Type: Article

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