Cerebellar medulloblastoma in the elderly

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-59

  Huppmann, Alison R ^a   Orenstein, Jan M ^a   Jones, Robert V ^a  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain neoplasms; Cerebellum; Elderly; Medulloblastoma

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIECTOMY; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEADACHE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOMA; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE SECTION;

AGED; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA;

EID: 57949115028     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2007.06.002     Document Type: Article

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