Endotoxin removal using 6,000 molecular weight cut-off polyacrylonitrile (PAN) and polysulfone (PS) hollow fiber ultrafilters

PDA Journal of Pharmaceutical Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 154-157

  Evans Strickfaden, Tammy T ^a,b,c   Oshima, Kevin H ^a,b   Highsmith, Anita K ^a   Ades, Edwin W ^a  

^a NATL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b PALL CORPORATION   (United States)

^c NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDOTOXIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYACRYLONITRILE; POLYSULFONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; FILTRATION; LAVAGE; POLIOMYELITIS VIRUS; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ACRYLIC RESINS; ENDOTOXINS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERS; SULFONES; ULTRAFILTRATION;

EID: 0029887418     PISSN: 1076397X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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