Development of an intracranial ependymoma at the site of a pre-existing cavernous malformation

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 80-82

  Ehtesham, Moneeb ^a   Kabos, Peter ^a   Yong, William H ^b   Schievink, Wouter I ^a   Black, Keith L ^a   Yu, John S ^a  

^a Maxine Dunitz Neurosurgical Institute   (United States)

^b CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Cavernous malformation; Ependymoma; VEGF

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN P53; STEROID; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; EPENDYMOMA; FRONTAL LOBE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

EID: 0038350782     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0090-3019(02)00000-0     Document Type: Article

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