Hepatocyte spheroids in polyurethane foams: Functional analysis and application for a hybrid artificial liver

Tissue Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 213-226

  Ijima, Hiroyuki ^a   Matsushita, Taku ^a   Nakazawa, Kohji ^a   Fujii, Yasuo ^a   Funatsu, Kazumori ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; AMMONIA; POLYURETHAN FOAM; UREA;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL LIVER; CELL CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG METABOLISM; LIVER CELL; LIVER FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SPHEROID CELL; UREA CYCLE;

EID: 0031833040     PISSN: 10763279     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ten.1998.4.213     Document Type: Article

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