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This paper was supported by grants from AIRC (Associazione Italiana per la Ricerca sul Cancro), Ricerca Sanitaria Finalizzata Regione Piemonte 2007, MURST (ex 60%) and Compagnia di San Paolo “Special Project Oncology”.
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Senetta, R., Trevisan, E., Rudà, R. et al. Skin metastases of glioblastoma in the absence of intracranial progression are associated with a shift towards a mesenchymal immunophenotype: report of two cases. Acta Neuropathol 118, 313–316 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00401-009-0543-y
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