Clear-cell ependymoma: A report of intracortical tumor with significant desmoplasia

Neuropathology

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 165-170

  Parafeynikov, Valeriy ^a   Boaz, Joel C ^b   Bonnin, Jose M ^a,c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RILEY HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Clear cell; Collagen; Cortical; Desmoplasia; Ependymoma

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; STEROID; VIMENTIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DESMOPLASIA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPERPLASIA; LABORATORY TEST; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SEIZURE;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 41149166247     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2007.00837.x     Document Type: Article

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