ALK positive inflammatory myofibroblastic tumour of the pineal region

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 58, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 981-983

  Clarke, A J ^a   Jacques, T S ^a   Galloway, M J ^a   Thom, M ^a   Kitchen, N D ^a   Plant, G T ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PLASMA CELL GRANULOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MUSCLE TISSUE; PINEAL GLAND; PROTEIN-TYROSINE KINASES;

EID: 24644523730     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2004.022947     Document Type: Article

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