Effects of reuse and bleach/formaldehyde reprocessing on polysulfone and polyamide hemodialyzers

ASAIO Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 300-311

  Cornelius, Rena M ^a   McClung, W Glenn ^a   Barre, Paul ^a   Esguerra, Fe ^a   Brash, John L ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BLOOD; FIBERS; FLUORESCENCE; FORMALDEHYDE; HEMODIALYZERS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; POLYAMIDES; PROTEINS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

THICK POROUS LAYERS;

POLYSULFONES;

ALBUMIN; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALPHA 2 MACROGLOBULIN; ALTERNATIVE COMPLEMENT PATHWAY C3 C5 CONVERTASE; ANTIBODY; ANTITHROMBIN III; APOLIPOPROTEIN A1; BETA 2 MICROGLOBULIN; BLEACHING AGENT; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 11; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 12; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT FACTOR H; FIBRINOGEN; FIBRONECTIN; FORMALDEHYDE; HEMOGLOBIN; HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT KININOGEN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PLASMINOGEN; POLYAMIDE; POLYSULFONE; PREKALLIKREIN; PROTEIN; PROTHROMBIN; TRANSFERRIN; VITRONECTIN;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; THICKNESS;

EID: 0036559046     PISSN: 10582916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002480-200205000-00017     Document Type: Article

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