Urology
Volume 75, Issue 6 , Pages 1509-1513 , June 2010

Experimental Study for Electrovaporization of Renal Cell Carcinoma Using a New Shape Memory Alloy Probe

Received 20 April 2009 ,Accepted 21 November 2009.

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PII: S0090-4295(09)02995-1

doi: 10.1016/j.urology.2009.11.047

Urology
Volume 75, Issue 6 , Pages 1509-1513 , June 2010

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