Isolation of human hepatocytes from livers rejected for liver transplantation on a national basis: Results of a 2-year experience

Liver Transplantation

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 506-512

  Baccarani, Umberto ^a,b   Sanna, Andrea ^a   Cariani, Alessio ^a   Sainz Barriga, Mauricio ^b   Adani, Gian Luigi ^b   Zambito, Anna Maria ^c   Piccolo, Giuseppe ^d   Risaliti, Andrea ^b   Nanni Costa, Alessandro ^f   Ridolfi, Lorenza ^e   Scalamogna, Mario ^d   Bresadola, Fabrizio ^a,b   Donini, Annibale ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d Nord Italia Transplant Program   (Italy)

^e Assoc Inter Regionale Trapianti   (Italy)

^f Emilia Romagna Ctr Naz Trapianti   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 9; MESSENGER RNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOPTIVE IMMUNOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; ISCHEMIA; ITALY; LIVER CELL; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; REPERFUSION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RNA SYNTHESIS; SCHOOL CHILD; STEATOSIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0038444210     PISSN: 15276465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jlts.2003.50087     Document Type: Article

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