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Supratentorial ependymomas in children: Analysis of nine cases
Author(s) -
George Α. Alexiou,
Maria Moschovi,
Kalliopi Stefanaki,
Dimitrios Panagopoulos,
Μαρία Τσότρα,
George Siozos,
George Sfakianos,
Neofytos Prodromou
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of pediatric neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.247
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1998-3948
pISSN - 1817-1745
DOI - 10.4103/1817-1745.111415
Subject(s) - medicine , ependymoma , papilledema , epidermal growth factor receptor , ki 67 , pathology , immunohistochemistry , surgery , cancer
Intracranial ependymomas are the third most common primary brain tumor in children. In the present study, we set out to investigate the expression of p-53, p-27, bcl-2, epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) and of neuronal markers in pediatric supratentorial ependymomas, in correlation with Ki-67/MIB-1 proliferation index and prognosis.

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