Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma of the pineal region

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1439-1441

  Srinivas, B H ^a   Uppin, Megha S ^a   Panigrahi, Manas K ^a   Vijaya Saradhi, M ^a   Jyotsna Rani, Y ^a   Challa, Sundaram ^a  

^a NIZAM'S INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Pineal region; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN CORTEX; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR; XANTHOASTROCYTOMA;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; OCULAR MOTILITY DISORDERS; PINEAL GLAND; PINEALOMA; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77957329365     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.02.022     Document Type: Article

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