Medulloblastoma demonstrating multipotent differentiation: Case report

Brain Tumor Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-43

  Sakata, Hiroyuki ^a   Kanamori, Masayuki ^a   Watanabe, Mika ^b   Kumabe, Toshihiro ^a   Tominaga, Teiji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Desmin; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Medulloblastoma; Multipotent differentiation; Neurofilament protein

Indexed keywords

DESMIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MYOGLOBIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBELLUM VERMIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; DAY LENGTH; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MULTIPOTENT STEM CELL; NERVE CELL; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SCHOOL CHILD; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; METABOLISM; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; FOURTH VENTRICLE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

EID: 54049140036     PISSN: 14337398     EISSN: 1861387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10014-007-0228-y     Document Type: Article

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