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  1. Departments of Pathology and Integrative Oncological Pathology, Nippon Medical School, 1-1-5 Sendagi, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, 113-8602, Japan

    Yoko Matsuda, Shoko Kure & Toshiyuki Ishiwata

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Matsuda, Y., Kure, S. & Ishiwata, T. Reply to a letter to the Editor: Nestin as a novel therapeutic target for cancer. Med Mol Morphol 46, 58–59 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00795-013-0023-2

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