Nodule formation and desmoplasia in medulloblastomas-defining the nodular/desmoplastic variant and its biological behavior.

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Published in Brain Pathol on April 01, 2007

Authors

Charles S McManamy1, Jane Pears, Claire L Weston, Zoltan Hanzely, James W Ironside, Roger E Taylor, Richard G Grundy, Steven C Clifford, David W Ellison, Clinical Brain Tumour Group

Author Affiliations

1: Northern Institute for Cancer Research, University of Newcastle, and Department of Neuropathology, Newcastle-upon-Tyne Hospitals Trust, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.

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