Desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma: novel aspects in clinical presentation and genetics

Surgical Neurology

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 304-308

  Lönnrot, Kimmo ^a   Terho, Markku ^a   Kähärä, Veikko ^a   Haapasalo, Hannu ^a   Helén, Pauli ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Desmoplastic ganglioglioma; DIA; DIG

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DESMOPLASTIC INFANTILE GANGLIOGLIOMA; FOLLOW UP; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; ONCOGENE; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; ONCOGENES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34548021677     PISSN: 00903019     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surneu.2006.11.043     Document Type: Article

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