Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 12 , Pages 1198-1201 , December 2007

Therapeutic ablation of the infrapatellar fat pad under ultrasound guidance: a pilot study

  • C.V. House

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    • Corresponding Author InformationGuarantor and correspondent: C.V. House, Department of Radiology, University College Hospital London NHS Trust, 235 Euston Road, London NW1 4BR, UK. Tel.: +44 7710 352476; fax: +44 20 7380 9068.
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  • D.A. Connell

Received 15 March 2007 ,Revised 28 June 2007 ,Accepted 9 July 2007.

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PII: S0009-9260(07)00273-5

doi: 10.1016/j.crad.2007.07.005

Clinical Radiology
Volume 62, Issue 12 , Pages 1198-1201 , December 2007

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