Granular cell astrocytoma of the cerebellum: Report of the first case

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 126, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 602-607

  Saad, Ali ^a   Mo, Jun ^b   Miles, Lili ^b   Witte, David ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Cerebellum; Granular cell tumor

Indexed keywords

CD68 ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 33749328101     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/M67J-9YF5-K43A-Q5KC     Document Type: Article

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