Gemistocytic astrocytomas: Histomorphology, proliferative potential and genetic alterations - A study of 32 cases

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 123-127

  Avninder, Singh ^a   Sharma, Mehar Chand ^a   Deb, Prabal ^a   Mehta, Veer Singh ^a   Karak, Asish Kumar ^a   Mahapatra, Ashok Kumar ^a   Sarkar, Chitra ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Cyclin D1; Gemistocytic astrocytoma; Genetics; MIB 1LI; p27; p53; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CYCLIN D1; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN P27; PROTEIN P53; CD3 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN, HUMAN; DIFFERENTIATION ANTIGEN; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY LABELING; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOMA; B LYMPHOCYTE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SIZE; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; MACROPHAGE; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MITOSIS; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; NEUROSURGERY; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; T LYMPHOCYTE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; BRAIN TUMOR; GENETICS; GIANT CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD20; ANTIGENS, CD3; ANTIGENS, DIFFERENTIATION, MYELOMONOCYTIC; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL PROLIFERATION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 33748197403     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-005-9077-x     Document Type: Article

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