Asymptomatic and symptomatic glial cysts of the pineal gland

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 186-195

  Taraszewska, Anna ^a   Matyja, Ewa ^a   Koszewski, Waldemar ^b   Zaczyński, Artur ^c   Bardanin, Krzysztof ^d   Czernicki, Zbigniew ^a  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^b INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^c Brodnowski Hospital Warsaw   (Poland)

^d MEDICAL CENTER FOR POSTGRADUATE EDUCATION   (Poland)

Author keywords

Asymptomatic pineal cyst; Pineal gland; Symptomatic glial cyst

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPENDYMA CELL; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INSOMNIA; MALE; NAUSEA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY DISEASE; PINEAL BODY GLIAL CYST; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; SYNCOPE; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; VERTIGO;

EID: 55349096776     PISSN: 16414640     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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