Papillary tumor of the pineal region - A new pathological entity

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 185-192

  Kern, Michael ^a   Robbins, P ^b   Lee, G ^a   Watson, P ^a  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Western Australian Institute of Medical Research   (Australia)

Author keywords

Characterization; Differential diagnosis; Histogenesis; Papillary tumor of the pineal region; Subcommissural organ

Indexed keywords

DEXAMETHASONE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BRAIN COMMISSURE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPENDYMA CELL; FEMALE; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLOMA; PINEAL BODY; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSIVE SUPRANUCLEAR PALSY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PAPILLOMA; PINEAL GLAND; PINEALOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745928729     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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