Design of a fluidized bed bioartificial liver

Artificial Organs

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 519-525

  Legallais, Cécile ^a,b   Doré, Emmanuel ^a   Paullier, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Alginate; Bioartificial organs; Fluidization

Indexed keywords

ALGINATE; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOCONVERSION; BIOREACTORS; FLUIDIZED BEDS;

ALGINATE BEADS; BIOARTIFICIAL LIVER; BIOARTIFICIAL ORGANS; FOLLOW UP; HEAD LOSS; OPERATING CONDITION; OPTIMAL DESIGN; OPTIMIZED CONDITIONS; SALINE SOLUTIONS; SCALING-UP;

FLUIDIZATION;

ALGINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL LIVER; BIOREACTOR; FLOW RATE; FLUIDIZED BED; PERFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033861838     PISSN: 0160564X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1594.2000.06510.x     Document Type: Article

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