Gliosarcoma with melanocytic differentiation

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 357-361

  Dulai, Mohanpal S ^a   Moes, Gregory S ^a   Briley, Anita L ^a   Galperin, Ilana B ^a   Smyth, Lawrence ^b   Cherry, Athena M ^a   Lehman, Norman L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MYOGENIN; PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHROMOSOME 10; CHROMOSOME 7; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GLIOSARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MELANOCYTE; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MELANOMA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 39749086405     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-007-0232-7     Document Type: Article

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