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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Biochim Biophys Acta. 2014 Feb 28;1845(2):294–307. doi: 10.1016/j.bbcan.2014.02.004

Table 1.

Major different subtypes of pediatric low-grade gliomas according to the latest WHO classification

Astrocytic tumors Grade (WHO)

Pilocytic astrocytoma (PA) I
Pilomyxoid astrocytoma (PMA) II
Diffuse astrocytoma (DA) II
Pleiomorphic xanthoastrocytoma (PXA) II

Oligodendroglial oligoastrocytic tumors

Oligodendroglioma (OD) II
Oligoastrocytoma (OA) II

Neuronal, mixed neuro-glial neuroepithelial tumors

Ganglioglioma (GG) I
Desmoplastic infantile tumors I
Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor (DNT) I
Angiocentric glioma (AG) I