Comparison between bioartificial and artificial liver for the treatment of acute liver failure in pigs

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 46, 2006, Pages 7503-7507

  Kawasoe, Yasushi ^a   Eguchi, Susumu ^a   Sugiyama, Nozomu ^a   Kamohara, Yukio ^a   Fujioka, Hikaru ^a   Kanematsu, Takashi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Artificial liver; Bioartificial liver; Continuous hemodiafiltration; Continuous plasma exchange; Hepatocytes

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID;

ACID BASE BALANCE; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL LIVER; BIOARTIFICIAL LIVER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTINUOUS HEMODIAFILTRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVASCULARIZATION; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; FEMALE; INOCULATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JAPAN; LIVER CELL; LIVER FAILURE; NONHUMAN; PLASMAPHERESIS; SWINE;

EID: 33845866053     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i46.7503     Document Type: Article

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