Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumors, Embryonal Tumors, and Other Small Cell and Poorly Differentiated Malignant Neoplasms of the Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 387-398

  Vogel, Hannes ^b   Fuller, Gregory N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor; Ependymoblastoma; Medulloblastoma; Meduloepithelioma; Primitive neuroectodermal tumor

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; EPENDYMOBLASTOMA; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; REVIEW; RHABDOID TUMOR; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0348141963     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2003.09.007     Document Type: Article

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