Importance of percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for recurrent hepatocellular carcinoma
โ Scribed by Zhang Zhijian; Wu Mengchao; Chen Han; He Jia; Liu Qi
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 884 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1610-1979
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