Successful percutaneous radiofrequency ablation of adrenal metastasis from hepatocellular carcinoma
โ Scribed by Hiroaki Haga; Takafumi Saito; Kazuo Okumoto; Kazuhiko Sugahara; Tadashi Takeda; Koji Saito; Hitoshi Togashi; Sumio Kawata
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 164 KB
- Volume
- 40
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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