Encapsulation of rat hepatocyte spheroids for the development of artificial liver

Biotechnology Techniques

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 609-614

  Yu, Sun Hee ^a   Buchholz, Rainer ^b   Kim, Sung Koo ^a  

^a Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

^b TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Alginate; Artificial liver; Chitosan; Encapsulation; Hepatocyte

Indexed keywords

ACIDITY; ALGINIC ACID; ARTIFICIAL LIVER; CELL IMMOBILIZATION; CHITOSAN; ENCAPSULATED CELL; ENCAPSULATION; LIVER CELL;

EID: 0032872575     PISSN: 0951208X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008922607119     Document Type: Article

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