The elusive origin of chordoid glioma

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 437-438

  Brat, Daniel J ^a,b,c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Neuropathology Division   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHORDOID GLIOMA; EDITORIAL; GLIOMA; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CHEMISTRY; CHOROID PLEXUS TUMOR; NOTE; PATHOLOGY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; TUMOR MARKER;

CHOROID PLEXUS NEOPLASMS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIOMA; HUMANS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33645768735     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Editorial

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