Melanotic neuroectodermal tumor of infancy: Case report

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 63, Issue 3 A, 2005, Pages 670-672

  Antunes, Ápio Cláudio Martins ^a,b,c   Freitas, Rodrigo Maciel ^a   Oliveira, Patrícia P ^a   Rebouças, Ricardo G ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Cranial tumor; Neuroectodermic melanotic tumor; Tumor of infancy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 24144468929     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0004-282X2005000400022     Document Type: Article

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