A Comparative Laboratory Study of Liquid Nitrogen and Argon Gas Cryosurgery Systems

Cryobiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 303-308

  Hewitt, P M ^a   Zhao, J ^a   Akhter, J ^a   Morris, D L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES;

ARGON; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYOSURGERY; EVALUATION; FREEZING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LIVER; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; SHEEP;

ANIMALS; ARGON; CRYOSURGERY; EVALUATION STUDIES; FREEZING; HUMANS; LIVER; NEOPLASMS; NITROGEN; SHEEP;

EID: 0031307037     PISSN: 00112240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/cryo.1997.2039     Document Type: Article

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