Use of mammalian liver cells for artificial liver support

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 353-367

  Jauregui, Hugo O ^a,b   Chowdhury, Namita Roy ^c   Chowdhury, Jayanta Roy ^c  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioartificial liver; Hepatocyte transplantation; Hollow fibers; Liver assist device

Indexed keywords

GRAFT REJECTION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER CELL; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER METABOLISM; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0029940157     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0963-6897(95)02020-9     Document Type: Article

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