Sensitivity and specificity of epithelial membrane antigen staining patterns in ependymomas

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 106, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 385-388

  Hasselblatt, Martin ^a   Paulus, Werner ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Ependymoma; Epithelial membrane antigen; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER GRADING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; CELL COUNT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0142094038     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-003-0752-8     Document Type: Article

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