Gliofibroma with extensive calcified deposits

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 14-22

  Kim, N R ^a   Suh, Y L ^a   Shin, H J ^a   Park, I S ^a  

^a Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Fibroma; Gliofibroma; Glioma; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; GLIOFIBROMA; GLIOMA; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; CHILD; FIBROMA; HUMANS; MALE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037254042     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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