Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma in two siblings with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF-1)

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 54-56

  Neal, Matthew T ^a   Ellis, Thomas L ^a   Stanton, Constance A ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ASTROCYTE; CASE REPORT; CRANIOTOMY; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; LETTER; MALE; NEUROFIBROMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SYNCOPE;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; SIBLINGS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855417101     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/NP300424     Document Type: Letter

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