The 4th edition of WHO Classification of Tumours of the Central Nervous System published in 2007

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 473-491

  Nakazato, Yoichi ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Classification; Entity; Subtype; WHO

Indexed keywords

ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHOROID PLEXUS TUMOR; CONSENSUS; EWING SARCOMA; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HEMANGIOBLASTOMA; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NOMENCLATURE; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; REVIEW; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM STAGING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 46449124868     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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