Evidence of absence of porcine endogenous retrovirus (PERV) infection in patients treated with a bioartificial liver support system

Artificial Organs

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 829-833

  Pitkin, Zorina ^a   Mullon, Claudy ^a  

^a Research   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioartificial liver; PERV; Porcine hepatocytes; Xenotransplantation

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; CELL CULTURE; PATIENT TREATMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BIOARTIFICIAL LIVER; BIOARTIFICIAL LIVER SUPPORT SYSTEM; ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; HEPATOCYTES; MEMBRANE DEVICES; PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELLS; PORCINE ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; PORCINE HEPATOCYTE; REACTION ANALYSIS; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

PATIENT MONITORING;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL ORGAN; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GENOME; HEPATITIS; INFECTION RISK; LIVER FAILURE; MONONUCLEAR CELL; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROVIRUS; RETROVIRUS INFECTION; SWINE; XENOTRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALIA; PORCINE ENDOGENOUS RETROVIRUS; SUIDAE; SUS SCROFA; UNIDENTIFIED RETROVIRUS;

EID: 0032861714     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.1999.06444.x     Document Type: Article

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