Lipoastrocytoma: A rare low-grade astrocytoma variant of pediatric age

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 152-156

  Giangaspero, F ^a   Kaulich, K ^c   Cenacchi, G ^b   Cerasoli, S ^a   Lerch, K D ^d   Breu, H ^d   Reuter, T ^d   Reifenberger, G ^c  

^a Hospital M Bufalini   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d KLINIKUM DORTMUND   (Germany)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Lipomatous; Molecular genetics; Pathology

Indexed keywords

CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 2; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 4; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FAT DROPLET; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY KI 67; PROTEIN MDM2; PROTEIN P53; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADIPOCYTE; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BRAIN CYST; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL VACUOLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CYTOPLASM; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXON; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLIA CELL; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENT; LABELING INDEX; LEFT HEMISPHERE; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROFILAMENT; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; TEMPORAL LOBE; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGE FACTORS; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPOMATOSIS;

EID: 0036942299     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010100445     Document Type: Article

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