A novel plasma filtration therapy for hepatic failure: Preclinical studies

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 138-144

  Rozga, Jacek ^a,b   Umehara, Yutaka ^a   Trofimenko, Andrey ^a   Sadahiro, Tomohito ^a   Demetriou, Achilles A ^a  

^a CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Arbios Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial liver support; Artificial organs; Detoxification; Dialysis; Hemofiltration; Hepatic failure; Liver

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3A; INTERLEUKIN 6; TOXIN; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BRAIN EDEMA; CONTINUOUS HEMODIAFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIALYSIS; FEMALE; FILTRATION; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY FAILURE; LIVER CELL; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER REGENERATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN DONOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; SAFETY; SURVIVAL TIME; SWINE;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FEMALE; HEMOFILTRATION; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWINE;

EID: 33646250665     PISSN: 17449979     EISSN: 17449987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-9987.2006.00355.x     Document Type: Article

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