Astrocytoma with pilomyxoid features presenting in an adult

Neuropathology

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 89-93

  Komotar, Ricardo J ^a,b   Mocco, J ^a   Zacharia, Brad E ^a   Wilson, David A ^a   Kim, Peter Y ^a   Canoll, Peter D ^a   Goodman, Robert R ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Histology; Pilocytic; Pilomyxoid; Tanycytoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; EVALUATION; FOLLOW UP; HIPPOCAMPUS; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 33645098164     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2006.00641.x     Document Type: Article

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