Epithelial differentiation in medulloblastoma: Comparison with other embryonal tumors of neuroectodermal origin

Pathology International

Volumn 53, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 858-864

  Sugita, Yasuo ^a   Tokunaga, Osamu ^a   Terasaki, Mizuhiko ^b   Morimatsu, Minoru ^b   Shigemori, Minoru ^b  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor; Epithelial differentiation; Medulloblastoma; Melanotic medulloblastoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFANT; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROECTODERM; PIGMENT EPITHELIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 1642562758     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.2003.01572.x     Document Type: Article

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