Myxopapillary ependymoma with anaplastic features

Pathology International

Volumn 53, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 700-703

  Awaya, Hirokazu ^a   Kaneko, Mayumi ^a   Amatya, Vishwa Jeet ^a   Takeshima, Yukio ^a   Oka, Shinichi ^a   Inai, Kouki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaplasia; Endothelial proliferation; Mitosis; Myxopapillary ependymoma

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DEATH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DURA MATER; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPENDYMA CELL; EPENDYMOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABELING INDEX; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS; PATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSETTE FORMATION; SOFT TISSUE; VERTEBRA;

ADOLESCENT; EPENDYMOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; LUMBOSACRAL REGION; MALE; MITOSIS; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0242658644     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2003.01546.x     Document Type: Article

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