Electrochemotherapy in oncology reconstructive surgery: Five cases preliminary report

Rivista Italiana di Chirurgia Plastica

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 55-60

  Tassinari, J ^a   Orlandino, G ^a   Ardito, R ^a   Fabrizio, T ^a  

^a Oncology Hospital of Basilicata   (Italy)

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