Desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma: A report of 2 cases and a review of the literature

Pediatric Neurosurgery

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 422-425

  Alexiou, George A ^a,b   Stefanaki, Kalliopi ^a   Sfakianos, George ^a   Prodromou, Neofytos ^a  

^a AGHIA SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma; Infancy

Indexed keywords

SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CRANIOTOMY; DESMOPLASTIC INFANTILE GANGLIOGLIOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYGROMA; INFANT; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 49249105601     PISSN: 10162291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000149913     Document Type: Article

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