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Noboru Sakai
Neurosciences
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A non-infantile case of desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma
We describe a very rare non-infantile case of desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma (DIA). A 9-year-old boy presented with motor weakness and sensory disturbance in his right upper and lower limbs. CT and MRI sho...
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Pressure changes observed in Codman-Medos programmable valves following magnetic exposure and filli**
Objects: We wished to find what pressure changes were caused in Codman-Medos programmable valve by magnetic exposure and filli**. This pressure-adjustable valve system was used in an experimental investigation...
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Germinoma in cerebral hemisphere associated with Down syndrome
A Down syndrome patient with germinoma develo** in the cerebral hemisphere is reported. A review of the literature yielded only 14 cases of Down syndrome with brain tumors, including our case. This finding ...
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Long-term survival in malignant intracranial germ-cell tumors: a report of two cases and a review of the literature
The authors report the successful treatment of two cases of malignant germ-cell tumor. A 12-year-old patient with a pineal immature teratoma and increase of α-fetoprotein serum levels was treated with total ex...
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Histochemistry with Helix pomatia agglutinin in human germ cell tumors: detection of nongerminomatous components and correlation between HPA reactivity and radiosensitivity in germinomas
Binding sites of Helix pomatia agglutinin (HPA) were examined in 32 patients with intracranial human germ cell tumors. HPA reactivity was found in vascular endothelial cells and erythrocytes of patients with bloo...
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Expression of the placental form of glutathione S-transferase in pediatric gliomas
Expression of the human placental form of glutathione S-transferase (GST-θ) in pediatric gliomas, consisting of three pilocytic astrocytomas (grade 1), two fibrillary astrocytomas (grade 2), three anaplastic a...
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Proliferative assessment of craniopharyngioma and epidermoid by nucleolar organizer region staining
The histologic distinction between craniopharyngioma and epidermoid is equivocal. Eight craniopharyngiomas and ten epidermoids (including three dermoids) as well as nine rat (Wistar) abdominal skins that acted...
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Distribution of cellular carbohydrate moieties in human dysontogenetic brain tumors, especially in craniopharyngioma and epidermoid/dermoid
Cellular carbohydrate moieties of 65 human dysontogenetic brain tumors (craniopharyngioma, epidermoid/dermoid, Rathke cleft cyst, germinoma and non-germinomatous germ-cell tumors) and 60 common brain tumors (g...
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Intracranial cavernous angioma in the 1st year of life and a review of the literature
Three cases of symptomatic cavernous angioma occurring in the 1st year of life are presented. All three patients were treated with radical extirpation. Postoperatively, two of them improved, but the third died...
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Assessment of proliferative potential in gliomatosis cerebri
The proliferative potential of neoplastic cells in two cases of gliomatosis cerebri was investigated by a combined staining technique, a one-step silver colloid method for nucleolar organizer region-associated...
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Surgical indications for infantile subdural effusion
Thirty-four cases of infantile subdural effusion (ISE) were reviewed in relation to surgical treatment and its prognosis during an average of 4 years of extended follow-up. The surgical indications were determ...
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Postnatal development and enlargement of primary middle cranial fossa arachnoid cyst recognized on repeat CT scans
The etiology and mechanism of expansion of primary intracranial arachnoid cysts have been much debated. A rare case of an 8-month-old boy is reported, in which postnatal development and enlargement of a middle...
