The accuracy of meningioma grading: A 10-year retrospective audit

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 141-149

  Willis, J ^a   Smith, C ^a   Ironside, J W ^a   Erridge, S ^a   Whittle, I R ^a   Everington, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Atypical meningiomas; Grading; Meningioma; WHO classification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MENINGIOMA; MITOSIS RATE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR GROWTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 15944400938     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2004.00621.x     Document Type: Article

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