Role of intrasplenic hepatocyte transplantation in improving survival and liver regeneration after hepatic resection in cirrhotic rats

Cell Transplantation

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 399-402

  Ahmad, Tarik A ^a   Eguchi, Susumu ^a   Yanaga, Katsuhiko ^a   Miyamoto, Shungo ^a   Kamohara, Yukio ^a   Fujioka, Hikaru ^a   Furui, Junichiro ^a   Kanematsu, Takashi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cirrhosis; Hepatic resection; Hepatocyte transplantation

Indexed keywords

TRANSFORMING GROWTH FACTOR BETA1;

ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; HEPATOCYTE TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER RESECTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0036387110     PISSN: 09636897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3727/000000002783985729     Document Type: Article

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