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Percutaneous Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma

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Focal Liver Lesions

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    Riccardo Lencioni, Laura Crocetti, Dania Cioni, Elisa Batini, Clotilde Della Pina & Carlo Bartolozzi

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Lencioni, R., Crocetti, L., Cioni, D., Batini, E., Della Pina, C., Bartolozzi, C. (2005). Percutaneous Ablation of Hepatocellular Carcinoma. 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_23

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