Emerging Tumor Entities and Variants of CNS Neoplasms

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 185-192

  Cenacchi, Giovanna ^a   Giangaspero, Felice ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^c POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Low grade spinal cord tumor with lepromeningeal dissemination; Neuroglial neoplasm; Papillary neuroglial neoplasm; Papillary tumor of the pineal region; Rosette forming neuroglial tumor

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHOROID GLIOMA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXTRAVENTRICULAR NEUROCYTOMA; GLIOMA; GLIONEURONAL TUMOR; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEPTOMENINX; LIPOASTROCYTOMA; METASTASIS; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPIL; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PAPILLARY GLIONEURONAL TUMOR; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEPTUM PELLUCIDUM; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 1542357631     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnen/63.3.185     Document Type: Review

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