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Radiofrequency ablation in children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Christopher Wren*
Affiliation:
Freeman Hospital, High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
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Dr Christopher Wren, Consultant Paediatric Cardiologist, Freeman Hospital, High Heaton, Newcatle-upon-Tyne N7 7DN.
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