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Hepatic radiofrequency ablation at low frequencies preferentially heats tumour tissue

Dieter Haemmerich Department of Pediatrics, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA; Department of Bioengineering, Clemson University, SC, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Bradford J. Wood Diagnostic Radiology Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
Pages 563-574 | Received 29 May 2006, Accepted 20 Sep 2006, Published online: 09 Jul 2009

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