Glioneuronal tumors of the central nervous system

Brain Tumor Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 51-58

  McLendon, Roger E ^a   Provenzale, James ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ganglioglioma; Glioneuronal tumor; Neuroblastoma; Primitive neuroectodermal tumor

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANTIGEN DETECTION; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER CYTODIAGNOSIS; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GANGLIONEUROMA; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPIL; REVIEW; TEMPORAL LOBE; TERATOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE; SUPRATENTORIAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036947497     PISSN: 14337398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02478927     Document Type: Review

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