Bimodal response: electric tissue ablation--long term studies of morbidity and pathological change.

J Surg Res

Department of Surgery, University of South Florida College of Medicine, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd. MDC Box 16, Tampa, FL 33612, USA.

Published: September 2008

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