Intracranial ependymomas of childhood. Lack of correlation of histopathology and clinical outcome.

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Published in Pathol Res Pract on June 01, 1996

Authors

P C Gerszten1, I F Pollack, A J Martínez, K H Lo, J Janosky, A L Albright

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Neurosurgery and Pathology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

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