Disseminated primary diffuse leptomeningeal gliomatosis: A case report with liquid based and conventional smear cytology

CytoJournal

Volumn 2, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Bilic, Masha ^a   Welsh, Cynthia T ^a   Rumboldt, Zoran ^a   Hoda, Rana S ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASTROCYTE; BIOPSY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; HEADACHE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; PAPILLEDEMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIMARY DIFFUSE LEPTOMENINGEAL GLIOMATOSIS; SPINAL CORD;

EID: 26244464891     PISSN: 17426413     EISSN: 17426413     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-6413-2-16     Document Type: Article

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