Granular cell astrocytoma. A case report with immunohistochemical and ultrastructural characterization

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 286-293

  Wierzba Bobrowicz, Teresa ^a   Lewandowska, Eliza ^a   Matyja, Ewa ^b   Dziduszko, Jacek ^a   Koszewski, Waldemar ^a   Stepień, Tomasz ^a   Błazejewska Hyzorek, Beata ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PSYCHIATRY AND NEUROLOGY   (Poland)

^b MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Granular cell astrocytoma; Immunohistochemistry; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CD38 ANTIGEN; VIMENTIN;

ADDISON DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; AUTOPHAGY; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GRANULAR CELL ASTROCYTOMA; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL DISORDER; BRAIN TUMOR; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 62249219036     PISSN: 16414640     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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