Glioneuronal phenotype in a diencephalic pilomyxoid astrocytoma

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 480-487

  De Chadarévian, Jean Pierre ^a   Halligan, Gregory E ^a   Reddy, Goutham ^a   Bertrand, Louise ^b   Pascasio, Judy M ^a   Faerber, Eric N ^b   Katsetos, Christos D ^a  

^a ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Electron microscopy; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Glioneuronal; Pilomyxoid astrocytoma; Synaptophysin

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DIENCEPHALON; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ASTROCYTES; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; GANGLIOGLIOMA; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NEURONS; PHENOTYPE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 33845938503     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/06-03-0054.1     Document Type: Article

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