Granular cell astrocytoma

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 203, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 57-62

  Shin, En ^a   Ki Chung, Chun ^a   Park, Sung Hye ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Aggressive behavior; Electron microscopy; Granular cell astrocytoma; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; LIPOFUSCIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CELL INCLUSION; CESAREAN SECTION; CRANIOTOMY; CYTOLOGY; DELIVERY; DEMYELINATING DISEASE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HISTIOCYTE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSOSOME; MICROSCOPY; MITOCHONDRION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; SEIZURE; TUMOR CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 33846325910     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2006.11.001     Document Type: Article

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