Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor: Features distinguishing it from oligodendroglioma on cytologic squash preparations

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 624-629

  Park, Ji Young ^b   Suh, Yeon Lim ^b   Han, Joungho ^a  

^a Samsung Medical Center   (South Korea)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor; Oligodendroglioma; Squash cytology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSEMBRYOPLASTIC NEUROEPITHELIAL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUASH CYTOLOGY; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0038712979     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000326579     Document Type: Article

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