Neoplasms Involving the Central Nervous System in the Older Old

Human Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1137-1147

  Kleinschmidt DeMasters, B K ^a   Lillehei, K O ^a   Breeze, R E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Elderly; Glioblastoma; Lymphoma; Meningioma; Metastases

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CLINICAL MEDICINE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; LABELING INDEX; LYMPHOMA; MENINGIOMA; METASTASIS; NEUROSURGERY; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0344155085     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0046-8177(03)00427-1     Document Type: Article

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