Spectrum of pilomyxoid astrocytomas: Intermediate pilomyxoid tumors

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 34, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1783-1791

  Johnson, Michael W ^a   Eberhart, Charles G ^a   Perry, Arie ^a   Tihan, Tarik ^b   Cohen, Kenneth J ^c   Rosenblum, Marc K ^d   Rais Bahrami, Soroush ^a   Goldthwaite, Patricia ^a   Burger, Peter C ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

astrocytoma; brain; pediatric; pilocytic; pilomyxoid; suprasellar; tumor

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MITOSIS; NECROSIS; NEOVASCULARIZATION (PATHOLOGY); PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MITOSIS; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 78650326404     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e3181fd66c3     Document Type: Article

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