Relationship between focal cortical dysplasia and epilepsy-associated low-grade tumors: An immunohistochemical study

APMIS

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 22-29

  Marucci, Gianluca ^a   Martinoni, Matteo ^b   Giulioni, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cortical dysplasia; Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor; Epilepsy; Ganglioglioma; Glioneuronal tumors

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BCL 2;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICAL DYSPLASIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD34; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALFORMATIONS OF CORTICAL DEVELOPMENT; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM GRADING; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-BCL-2; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871662185     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: 16000463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2012.02938.x     Document Type: Article

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