Pigmented ependymoma with lipofuscin and neuromelanin production

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 127, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 872-875

  Chan, Alexander Chak Lam ^a   Ho, Luen Cheung ^a   Yip, William Wai Lun ^b   Cheung, Fung Ching ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b ALICE HO MIU LING NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; LIPOFUSCIN; MELANIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY HMB 45; NEUROMELANIN; PERMANGANATE POTASSIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CYTOPLASM; EPENDYMOMA; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROVILLUS; MORPHOLOGY; PIGMENTATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TUMOR CELL;

CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; EPENDYMOMA; HUMANS; LIPOFUSCIN; MALE; MELANINS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0038693129     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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