Glioblastoma multiforme in the adult conus medullaris

Journal of Clinical Neuroscience

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 842-843

  Sanborn, Matthew R ^a   Pramick, Michelle ^b   Brooks, John ^b   Welch, William C ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conus medullaris; Ependymoma; Glioblastoma

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; TEMOZOLOMIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CONUS MEDULLARIS; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FILUM TERMINALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUMBAR SPINE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD;

ADULT; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79955903626     PISSN: 09675868     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2010.08.037     Document Type: Article

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