The use of high-intensity focused ultrasound in prostate cancer

Contemporary Interventional Ultrasonography in Urology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 63-74

  Chaussy, Christian ^a   Thüroff, Stefan ^a  

^a Krankenhaus Harlaching   (Germany)

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EID: 68349125620     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-84800-217-3_7     Document Type: Chapter

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