The present condition of radiofrequency ablation: A retreospective multicenter study(38 institutions)

Kanzo/Acta Hepatologica Japonica

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 632-640

  Kasugai, Hiroshi ^a   Osaki, Yukio ^b   Oka, Hiroko ^c   Kudo, Masatoshi ^d   Seki, Toshihito ^e  

^a Osaka Medical Center for Cancer   (Japan)

^b OSAKA RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA CITY GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^e KANSAI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASCITES; BURN; CATHETER ABLATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVICE; HEMOPERITONEUM; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPY; LIVER ABSCESS; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PORTAL VEIN THROMBOSIS;

EID: 0942297840     PISSN: 04514203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2957/kanzo.44.632     Document Type: Article

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