Central neurocytoma expressing characteristics of ependymal differentiation: Electron microscopic findings of two cases

Medical Electron Microscopy

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 98-105

  Shimura, Toshiro ^a   Mori, Osamu ^a   Kitamura, Takayuki ^a   Kobayashi, Shiro ^a   Sanno, Naoko ^a   Teramoto, Akira ^a   Ohaki, Yoshiharu ^a   Sugisaki, Yuichi ^a  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Central neurocytoma; Electron microscopy; Ependymal differentiation; Germinal matrix cell; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CELL VACUOLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPENDYMA CELL; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LATERAL BRAIN VENTRICLE; MALE; MICROTUBULE; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELL;

EID: 0041311270     PISSN: 09184287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00795-002-0209-5     Document Type: Article

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