Clear cell ependymoma of the fourth ventricle

Neuropathology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 330-335

  Katoh, Masahito ^a,d   Satoh, Tsukasa ^b   Nishiya, Mikio ^b   Murata, Junichi ^a   Ishii, Nobuaki ^c   Saitoh, Hisatoshi ^a   Iwasaki, Yoshinobu ^c   Ohnishi, Akiko ^c   Nagashima, Kazuo ^c  

^a Sapporo Azabu Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Hokkaido Neurosurgical Memorial Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clear cell ependymoma; Epithelial membrane antigen; Fourth ventricle; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; CLEAR CELL EPENDYMOMA; DIZZINESS; DYSPHAGIA; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GAIT DISORDER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WHO CLASSIFICATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 10844231849     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2004.00566.x     Document Type: Article

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