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Radiofrequency Ablation: Principles and Techniques

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Focal Liver Lesions

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    Riccardo Lencioni MD, Dania Cioni MD, Jacopo Lera MD, Erika Rocchi MD, Clotilde Della Pina MD & Laura Crocetti MD

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Lencioni, R., Cioni, D., Lera, J., Rocchi, E., Della Pina, C., Crocetti, L. (2005). Radiofrequency Ablation: Principles and Techniques. In: Lencioni, R., Cioni, D., Bartolozzi, C. (eds) Focal Liver Lesions. Medical Radiology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-26354-3_21

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