Clinicopathological significance of metallothioneins in breast cancer

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Rong Jin1, Jiahao Huang1, Puay‐Hoon Tan2, Boon‐Huat Bay1
1Department of Anatomy; National University of Singapore; Singapore
2Department of Pathology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore

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