Morphological and ultrastructural findings of prognostic impact in craniopharyngiomas

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 143-150

  Agozzino, Lucio ^a,c   Ferraraccio, Franca ^a   Accardo, Marina ^a   Esposito, Salvatore ^a   Agozzino, Manuela ^b   Cuccurullo, Luigi ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^b FONDAZIONE IRCCS POLICLINICO SAN MATTEO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Angiogenesis; Craniopharyngioma; Recurrence; Ultrastructural changes

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; CANCER INVASION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; ENDOTHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABELING INDEX; MALE; MITOSIS; MORPHOLOGY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RELIABILITY; TUMOR; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; CYTOPLASM; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; EPITHELIAL CELLS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PROLIFERATING CELL NUCLEAR ANTIGEN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTOR A;

EID: 33745916422     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: 15210758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01913120500408018     Document Type: Article

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