Serum copper, zinc and metallothionein serve as potential biomarkers for hepatocellular carcinoma

• Yasuyuki Tamai ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: tamai304051@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8012-8578

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• Motoh Iwasa,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan

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• Akiko Eguchi,

  Roles Conceptualization, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan

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• Ryuta Shigefuku,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan

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• Kazushi Sugimoto,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan

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• Hiroshi Hasegawa,

  Roles Data curation

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan

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• Yoshiyuki Takei

  Roles Conceptualization

  Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan

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