Cultivation of human liver cell lines with microcarriers acting as biological materials of bioartificial liver

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 221-224

  Gao, Yi ^a   Xu, Xiao Ping ^a   Hu, Huan Zhang ^a   Yang, Ji Zhen ^a  

^a SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bioartificial liver; Liver cell lines; Microcarrier

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000298806     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v5.i3.221     Document Type: Article

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