Immature teratoma of the pineal gland with isochromosome 12p

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 107-110

  Cin, Paola Dal ^a   Dei Tos, Angelo P ^b   Qi, Heng ^a   Giannini, Caterina ^b   Furlanetto, Alberto ^b   Longatti, Pier Luigi ^b   Marynen, Peter ^a   Van den Berghe, Herman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Regional Hospital of Treviso   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Germ cell tumor; Immature teratoma; Isochromosome 12p

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; CHROMOSOME 12P; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CYTOGENETICS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GERM CELL TUMOR; GONADAL CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; ISOCHROMOSOME; MALE; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOMA;

EID: 2642703412     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050772     Document Type: Article

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