Histiocytic sarcoma of the central nervous system: A challenging diagnosis

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 77-79

  Devic, P ^a   Androdias Condemine, G ^b   Streichenberger, N ^b   Berger, F ^b   Honnorat, J ^b   Broussolle, E ^a   Thobois, S ^a  

^a INSTITUT DES SCIENCES COGNITIVES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD14 ANTIGEN; CD163 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; CLADRIBINE; PROTEIN S 100; STEROID; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; FATALITY; FEMALE; GENERAL CONDITION; HEADACHE; HISTIOCYTIC SARCOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; STEREOTACTIC BIOPSY; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 83755183518     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcq244     Document Type: Article

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