Plasma versus whole blood perfusion in a bioartificial liver assist device

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 226-233

  Patzer II, John F ^a   Campbell, Brian ^a   Miller, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; BIOREACTORS; BLOOD;

PLASMA PERFUSION;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; BIOARTIFICIAL LIVER ASSIST DEVICE; BIOARTIFICIAL ORGAN; BIOREACTOR; BLOOD VOLUME; CELL SEPARATION; DEVICE; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIVER CELL; LIVER FAILURE; MODEL; PARAMETER; PERFUSION; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0036558887     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002480-200205000-00005     Document Type: Article

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