Clinicopathological and ultrastructural study in two cases of chordoid glioma

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 175-182

  Taraszewska, Anna ^a   Bogucki, Jacek ^a   Andrychowski, Jarosław ^a   Koszewski, Waldemar ^a   Czernicki, Zbigniew ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Chordoid glioma; Circumventricular organs; Ependyma; Third ventricle tumours; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN TOMOGRAPHY; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CAVEOLA; CELL JUNCTION; CHORDOID GLIOMA; CHORDOMA; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPENDYMA; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; EXCISION; FEMALE; GLIA CELL; HEADACHE; HEART ARREST; HEART INFARCTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MALE; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MICROVILLUS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PINOCYTOSIS; POLYDIPSIA; POLYURIA; POSTERIOR HYPOTHALAMUS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION DISORDER; SURGICAL APPROACH; TISSUE FIXATION; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASTRUCTURE; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

EID: 0142094479     PISSN: 16414640     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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