The human nephron filter: Toward a continuously functioning, implantable artificial nephron system

Blood Purification

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 269-274

  Nissenson, Allen R ^a,d   Ronco, Claudio ^b   Pergamit, Gayle ^c   Edelstein, Martin ^c   Watts, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN BORTOLO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c Biophiltre Inc   (United States)

^d UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dialysis; Hemodialysis; Membranes; Nanotechnology; Renal replacement therapy

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL KIDNEY; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; BLOOD FILTER; COMPUTER MODEL; DEVICE; DIALYSATE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GLOMERULUS; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; HEMODIALYSIS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; KIDNEY TUBULE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NEPHRON; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOLUTE; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BETA 2-MICROGLOBULIN; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FILTRATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; KIDNEY, ARTIFICIAL; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; RENAL REPLACEMENT THERAPY;

EID: 24944472625     PISSN: 02535068     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000085882     Document Type: Review

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