Epidemiology and pathology of intraventricular tumors

Neurosurgery Clinics of North America

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 469-482

  Waldron, James S ^a   Tihan, Tarik ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN METASTASIS; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CHILD; CHOROID PLEXUS TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPENDYMOMA; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENINGIOMA; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SUBEPENDYMOMA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0346555270     PISSN: 10423680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1042-3680(03)00060-3     Document Type: Review

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