Angiocentric glioma: A report of nine new cases, including four with atypical histological features

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 333-346

  Ni, Hai Chun ^a,b   Chen, Shi Yun ^a   Chen, Li ^a   Lu, De Hong ^a   Fu, Yong Juan ^a   Piao, Yue Shan ^a  

^a CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL HOSPITAL OF WUHAN   (China)

Author keywords

Angiocentric glioma; D2 40; EMA; Histology; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MICROTUBULE ASSOCIATED PROTEIN 2; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY D2-40; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VIMENTIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANGIOCENTRIC GLIOMA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; NERVE CELL; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; YOUNG ADULT; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; PATHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; BIOMARKERS, TUMOR; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924062329     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nan.12158     Document Type: Article

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