Central neurocytoma: A clinical, radiological and pathological study of nine cases

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 129-136

  Chen, Chun Lin ^a,b   Shen, Chiung Chyi ^a   Wang, John ^a   Lu, Ching Hsiang ^b   Lee, Hsu Tung ^a  

^a TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG ARMED FORCES GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Central neurocytoma; MIB 1 labeling index; Proliferation; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; ANTERIOR TRANSCALLOSAL APPROACH; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN REGION; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRANIOTOMY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRONTAL TRANSCORTICAL APPROACH; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; METASTASIS; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RADIOLOGY; RARE DISEASE; SEPSIS; SURGICAL APPROACH; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROCYTOMA; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38149119021     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clineuro.2007.09.023     Document Type: Article

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