State-of-the-art pathology: New WHO classification, implications, and new developments

Neuroimaging Clinics of North America

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 259-271

  Cunliffe, Clare H ^a   Fischer, Ingeborg ^b   Parag, Yoav ^c   Fowkes, Mary E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; New developments; New entities; Pathology; WHO Classification

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ANGIOCENTRIC GLIOMA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CELL; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHOROID PLEXUS PAPILLOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DIFFUSION TENSOR IMAGING; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLARY GLIONEURONAL TUMOR; PINEAL BODY PAPILLARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTUICYTOMA; REVIEW; ROSETTE FORMING FOURTH VENTRICLE GLIONEURONAL TUMOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLIOMA; HUMANS; PAPILLOMA, CHOROID PLEXUS; PATHOLOGY; PINEAL GLAND; PINEALOMA; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77955583934     PISSN: 10525149     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.nic.2010.04.001     Document Type: Review

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