Membranes for endotoxin removal from dialysate: Considerations on feasibility of commercial ceramic membranes

Artificial Organs

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 826-829

  Bender, Heiko ^a   Pflänzel, Anne ^a   Saunders, Nicola ^a   Czermak, Peter ^a,d   Catapano, Gerardo ^b   Vienken, Joerg ^c  

^a TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE MITTELHESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^c FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ceramic; Dialysate; Membranes; Sterilization; Water

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; BLOOD; CERAMIC MEMBRANES; DIALYSIS; DIALYSIS MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; WATER FILTRATION;

BLOOD STREAMS; CERAMIC; DIALYSATES; DIALYSIS FLUIDS; ENDOTOXIN REMOVAL; HIGH FLUX; LARGE AMOUNTS; MEMBRANE PROPERTIES; OPERATING PRESSURE; QUALITY OF WATER;

WATER QUALITY;

ALUMINUM; BICARBONATE; ENDOTOXIN; WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CERAMICS; DIALYSATE; FILTRATION; MEMBRANE; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033753868     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.2000.06514.x     Document Type: Article

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