Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 93-96 , January 2008

Emerging use of nanoparticles for the therapeutic ablation of urologic malignancies

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doi: 10.1016/j.urolonc.2007.03.019

Urologic Oncology: Seminars and Original Investigations
Volume 26, Issue 1 , Pages 93-96 , January 2008

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