Aberrant axon neurofilaments in schwannomas associated with phacomatoses

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 443, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 768-773

  Wechsler, Janine ^a   Lantieri, Laurent ^a   Zeller, Jacques ^a   Voisin, Marie Catherine ^a   Martin Garcia, Nadine ^a   Wolkenstein, Pierre ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Axon; Diagnosis; Immunohistochemistry; Neural tumor; Neurofibroma; Neurofibromatosis; Neurofilament; Pathology; S100 protein; Schwannoma; Schwannomatosis

Indexed keywords

NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE FIBER; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NEUROFILAMENT; PHAKOMATOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RELIABILITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AXONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; NEUROCUTANEOUS SYNDROMES; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 2; S100 PROTEINS;

EID: 0348049916     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-003-0895-y     Document Type: Article

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