Ependymoblastoma: Dear, damned, distracting diagnosis, farewell!

Brain Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 133-139

  Judkins, Alexander R ^a,c   Ellison, David W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Embryonal tumors with abundant neuropil and ependymoblastic rosettes; Ependymoblastic rosettes; Ependymoblastoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; EPENDYMOBLASTOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPIL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RHABDOID TUMOR; ROSETTE FORMATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GANGLIA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE; NEURONS; NEUROPIL; RHABDOID TUMOR; ROSETTE FORMATION; SEX FACTORS; TERATOMA; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 71549165189     PISSN: 10156305     EISSN: 17503639     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2008.00253.x     Document Type: Article

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