Neurocytoma: A comprehensive review

Neurosurgical Review

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 270-285

  Sharma, Mehar Chand ^a   Deb, Prabal ^a   Sharma, Suash ^a   Sarkar, Chitra ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Atypical neurocytoma; Central neurocytoma; Extraventricular neurocytoma; Histopathology; Immunohistochemistry; MIB 1 LI; Recurrence; Therapy

Indexed keywords

CARMUSTINE; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LOMUSTINE; PREDNISONE; PROCARBAZINE; VINCRISTINE;

BRAIN VENTRICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; GAMMA KNIFE RADIOSURGERY; HISTOGENESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; LABELING INDEX; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NEUROIMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGE FACTORS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; NEUROCYTOMA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; PROGNOSIS; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748606130     PISSN: 03445607     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10143-006-0030-z     Document Type: Review

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