Neuroendocrine, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural study of pineal region tumors

Journal of Pineal Research

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 147-158

  Grimoldi, Nadia ^a,b,d   Tomei, Giustino ^a,b   Stankov, Bojidar ^a   Lucini, Valeria ^a   Masini, Battistina ^a   Caputo, Valentina ^a   Repetti, M Luisa ^a   Lazzarini, Giulia ^a   Gaini, S M ^a,b,c   Lucarini, Claudio ^a,b,c   Fraschini, Franco ^a   Villani, Roberto ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Germinoma; Melatonin; Pineal tumors; Pinealoma; Serological biomarkers

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN BETA SUBUNIT; MELATONIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID EXAMINATION; CHILD; CIRCADIAN RHYTHM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MORPHOMETRICS; PINEAL BODY TUMOR;

ADULT; ALPHA-FETOPROTEINS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CHILD; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN, BETA SUBUNIT, HUMAN; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MELATONIN; MIDDLE AGED; PINEAL GLAND; RADIOIMMUNOASSAY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 14444274089     PISSN: 07423098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-079X.1998.tb00553.x     Document Type: Article

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