Central nervous system tumors with ependymal features: A broadened spectrum of primarily ependymal differentiation?

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 177-188

  Lehman, Norman L ^a,b  

^a HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b Henry Ford Transplant Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Developmental; Glia; Neoplasms; Pediatric; Stem cell

Indexed keywords

ASTROBLASTOMA; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER STEM CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MATURATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CYTOGENETICS; EPENDYMA CELL; EPENDYMOMA; GLIOMA; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NONHUMAN; PAPILLOMA; PINEAL BODY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL LINEAGE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPENDYMA; EPENDYMOMA; HUMANS; STEM CELLS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 41649101243     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NEN.0b013e31816543a6     Document Type: Review

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