A case report of cerebellar pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma

Neurological Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 586-590

  Mano, Yui ^a   Kanamori, Masayuki ^a   Sonoda, Yukihiko ^a   Kumabe, Toshihiro ^a   Watanabe, Mika ^b   Tominaga, Teiji ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apparent diffusion coefficient; Cerebellum; Histology; Magnetic resonance imaging; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLAR PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE;

EID: 67651061338     PISSN: 03012603     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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