From glioblastoma to gangliocytoma: An unforeseen but welcome shift in biological behavior: Case report

Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 475-478

  Jeibmann, Astrid ^a   Hasselblatt, Martin ^a   Pfister, Stefan ^b   Sträter, Ronald ^a   Brentrup, Angela ^a   Holling, Markus ^a   Niederstadt, Thomas ^a   Paulus, Werner ^a   Frühwald, Michael C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Gangliocytoma; Ganglioid differentiation

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETIRACETAM; ETOPOSIDE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; NEURON SPECIFIC NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VINCRISTINE;

ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CARCINOGENESIS; CASE REPORT; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; CONGENITAL HYDROCEPHALUS; DETERIORATION; ECHOGRAPHY; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; GANGLIONEUROMA; GENE MUTATION; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MOTOR COORDINATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NEUROFILAMENT; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SECOND LOOK SURGERY; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, PHYTOGENIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARBOPLATIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL PROLIFERATION; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; HYDROCEPHALUS; INFANT; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEINS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 70449627878     PISSN: 19330707     EISSN: 19330715     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.6.PEDS097     Document Type: Article

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