Low-grade astrocytomas may arise from different astrocyte lineages.
Piepmeier J, Fried I, Makuch R. Low-grade astrocytomas may arise from different astrocyte lineages. Neurosurgery 1993, 33: 627-32. PMID: 8232801, DOI: 10.1227/00006123-199310000-00010.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow-grade astrocytomasGlial fibrillary acidic protein-positive cellsFibrillary acidic proteinProtein-positive cellsAstrocyte lineagePreoperative symptomsAnti-glial fibrillary acidic proteinAcidic proteinGlial fibrillary acidic proteinLong preoperative historyCommon histological featuresDifferent clinical manifestationsPercentage of cellsPreoperative historyClinical manifestationsHistological featuresImaging featuresRate of proliferationImmunohistochemical analysisAstrocytic phenotypeNeoplastic cellsType 2White matterAstrocytomasTumors