Clear-cell ependymoma of the cerebellum: A case report

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 241-247

  Kim, Ji Hoon ^a   Cho, Byung Kyu ^a   Kim, In One ^a   Park, Sung Hye ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Child; Clear cell ependymoma; Immunohistochemistry; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ANASTOMOSIS; ARM; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBELLUM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID FLOW; EPENDYMA CELL; EPENDYMOMA; EUKARYOTIC FLAGELLUM; FACE MUSCLE; FEMALE; FUNCTION TEST; HEMISPHERE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEG; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MUSCLE STRENGTH; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NAUSEA; NECROSIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSETTE FORMATION; TUMOR CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VOMITING;

CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34447114532     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: 15210758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01913120701446841     Document Type: Article

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