A case of melanotic desmoplastic ganglioglioma: Case Report

Neuropathology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 597-601

  Antonelli, Manila ^a   Acerno, Stefania ^b   Baldoli, Cristina ^b   Terreni, Maria Rosaria ^b   Giangaspero, Felice ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b SAN RAFFAELE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Infantile desmoplastic ganglioglioma; Lipofuscin; Melanosomal melanogenesis; Neuromelanin; Pigmented glioma

Indexed keywords

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOPLASTIC INFANTILE GANGLIOGLIOMA; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; GLIOMA; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PTOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANINS; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 70349335721     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2009.01041.x     Document Type: Article

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