Cortical ependymoma or monomorphous angiocentric glioma?

Neuropathology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 81-86

  Lum, Dennis J ^a,c   Halliday, William ^a,b   Watson, Michael ^a   Smith, Andrew ^a   Law, Andrew ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Angiocentric; Astrocytoma; Cortical; Ependymoma; Glioma

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN BIOPSY; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPENDYMOMA; GLIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; SPINAL CORD; TUMOR GROWTH;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL CORTEX; CHILD; EPENDYMOMA; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 37549047994     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2007.00831.x     Document Type: Article

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