A Rathke cleft cyst to craniopharyngioma: Is there a spectrum?

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1322-1323

  Wolfe, Stacey Quintero ^a   Heros, Roberto C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; EDITORIAL; GRANULATION TISSUE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATHKE CLEFT CYST; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM CYSTS; CRANIOPHARYNGIOMA; HUMANS; MITOSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; PITUITARY GLAND; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; REOPERATION;

EID: 77953523397     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: 19330693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3171/2009.10.JNS091265     Document Type: Editorial

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