Papillary neuroepithelial tumor of the pineal region. A case report

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 337-340

  Shibahara, Junji ^a   Todo, Tomoki ^a   Morita, Akio ^a   Mori, Harushi ^a   Aoki, Shigeki ^a   Fukayama, Masashi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ependymoma; Papillary tumor; Pineal region; Subcommissural organ; Transthyretin

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; ETOPOSIDE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IFOSFAMIDE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; PREALBUMIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL SHAPE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPENDYMA; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLOMA; PARENCHYMA; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL; PINEALOMA; SUBCOMMISSURAL ORGAN;

EID: 4844225394     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-004-0898-z     Document Type: Article

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