Pigmented pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: A rare variant and literature review

Neuropathology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 88-92

  Xiong, Ji ^a   Chu, Shu Guang ^b   Mao, Ying ^c   Wang, Yin ^a  

^a Institute of Neurology   (China)

^b Department of Radiology ^*  (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Pigment; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma; Reticulin fiber

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROENDOSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PIGMENTED PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TUMOR CELL; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PIGMENTATION; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 78751513754     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2010.01132.x     Document Type: Article

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