Perivascular elastic fibers: A diagnostic feature of ependymoma

Ultrastructural Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 251-255

  Mierau, Gary W ^a   Goin, Luann ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Elastic fibers; Electron microscopy; Ependymoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHOROID PLEXUS TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ELASTIC FIBER; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPENDYMOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; ELASTIC TISSUE; EPENDYMOMA; HUMANS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 34548459440     PISSN: 01913123     EISSN: 15210758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01913120701375909     Document Type: Article

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