Unusual case of multiple cellular and malignant schwannomas of the cranial and spinal nerves

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-29

  Suresh, T N ^a   Mahadevan, A ^a   Chandrashekhar Sagar, B ^a   Santosh, V ^a   Yasha, T C ^a   Shankar, S K ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND NEUROSCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cellular schwannoma; Cranial nerves; Malignant schwannomas; Perivascular schwannosis; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL TYPE; CRANIAL NERVE TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALIGNANT NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; OPTIC CHIASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL NERVE;

CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NERVES;

EID: 0037256797     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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