Frequency of central nervous system tumors in delta region, Egypt

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 299-306

  Zalata, Khaled R ^a   El Tantawy, Dina A ^a   Abdel Aziz, Azza ^a   Ibraheim, Abdel Wahab M ^a   Halaka, Ahmed H ^b   Gawish, Hasan H ^c   Safwat, Mohamed ^a   Mansour, Nabil ^a   Mansour, Mohammad ^a   Shebl, Abdelhadi ^a  

^a MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Department of Neurosurgery   (Egypt)

^c ZAGAZIG UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Brain; Egypt; glioma; meningioma; spinal cord; tumors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; EGYPT; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EGYPT; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MICROSCOPY; MIDDLE AGED; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959196050     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: 09745130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.81607     Document Type: Article

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