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Research Article

Review of the mathematical functions used to model the temperature dependence of electrical and thermal conductivities of biological tissue in radiofrequency ablation

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Pages 590-597 | Received 01 Mar 2013, Accepted 18 May 2013, Published online: 10 Jul 2013

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