Clinicopathological study of diffuse type brainstem gliomas: Analysis of 40 autopsy cases

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 375-382

  Yoshimura, Junichi ^a,b,c   Onda, Kiyoshi ^a   Tanaka, Ryuichi ^a   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Sado General Hospital   (Japan)

^c Sado General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autopsy; Brainstem glioma; Diffuse type; MIB 1; Proliferating cell nuclear antigen

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLINE; ETOPOSIDE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NIMUSTINE; RANIMUSTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; AUTOPSY; BRAIN STEM TUMOR; CANCER CELL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL INFILTRATION; CELL KINETICS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BRAIN STEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0042320363     PISSN: 04708105     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.43.375     Document Type: Article

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