Intraocular astrocytoma and its differential diagnosis

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 138, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 1250-1254

  Pusateri, Allen ^a   Margo, Curtis E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ASTROCYTOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; PATHOLOGY; RETINA; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA;

ASTROCYTOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; OPTIC NERVE; OPTIC NERVE GLIOMA; OPTIC NERVE NEOPLASMS; RETINA; RETINAL NEOPLASMS; RETINOBLASTOMA; S100 PROTEINS;

EID: 84907223859     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5858/arpa.2013-0448-RS     Document Type: Article

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