Bioartificial liver: Its pros and cons

Therapeutic Apheresis and Dialysis

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 168-174

  Chamuleau, Robert A F M ^a,b   Poyck, Paul P C ^a   Van De Kerkhove, Maarten Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Bioartificial liver; Liver support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BILE FLOW; BIOARTIFICIAL LIVER; CELL ADHESION; CELL FREE SYSTEM; HEMODIALYSIS; HEMOFILTRATION; HEMOPERFUSION; HOMEOSTASIS; LIVER CELL; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; OXYGENATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; BILE ACIDS AND SALTS; CELL LINE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 33646261870     PISSN: 17449979     EISSN: 17449987     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1744-9987.2006.00359.x     Document Type: Article

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