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Research Article

Contrast-enhanced ultrasound-guided feeding artery ablation as add-on to percutaneous radiofrequency ablation for hypervascular hepatocellular carcinoma with a modified ablative technique and tumor perfusion evaluation

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Pages 1016-1026 | Received 03 Feb 2020, Accepted 13 Aug 2020, Published online: 30 Aug 2020

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