Why does melanoma metastasize into the brain? Genes with pleiotropic effects might be the key

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Anatoliy I Yashin et al. Front Genet. 2013.

. 2013 May 1:4:75.

doi: 10.3389/fgene.2013.00075. eCollection 2013.

¹ Center for Population Health and Aging, Social Science Research Institute, Duke University Durham, NC, USA.

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