Desmoplastic ganglioglioma with meningiomatous and myofibroblastic components presenting with epilepsy

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 118-123

  Hortobagyi T ^a   Honavar, M ^a,b   Selway, R ^a   Al Sarraj, S ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b HOSPITAL PEDRO HISPANO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; TAU PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; DESMOPLASTIC GANGLIOGLIOMA; EPILEPSY; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MYOFIBROBLAST; NEURITE; NEUROFIBRILLARY TANGLE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WHITE MATTER;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EPILEPSY; FIBROBLASTS; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGES; MYOCYTES, SMOOTH MUSCLE; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 38149048332     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2007.00871.x     Document Type: Article

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