Actual role of radiofrequency ablation of liver metastases.

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Published in Eur Radiol on February 15, 2007

Authors

Philippe L Pereira1

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Diagnostic Radiology, Eberhard-Karls-University of Tübingen, Hoppe-Seyler-Str.3, 72076 Tuebingen, Germany. philippe.pereira@med.uni-tuebingen.de

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