Glioma-like proliferation in a cortical hamartoma of tuberous sclerosis complex

Brain Tumor Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 76-78

  Hewer, Ekkehard ^a   Mariani, Luigi ^b   Vajtai, Istvan ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^c S   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLIOMA; HAMARTOMA; HUMAN; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; TIME; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; BRAIN; BRAIN DISEASES; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GLIOMA; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; TIME FACTORS; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 84939895400     PISSN: 14337398     EISSN: 1861387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10014-014-0185-1     Document Type: Letter

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