Human hepatocyte transplantation: State of the art

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 266, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 339-357

  Fitzpatrick, E ^a   Mitry, R R ^a   Dhawan, A ^a  

^a KING S COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hepatocyte transplantation; Liver disease; Stem cell transplantation

Indexed keywords

ORNITHINE CARBAMOYLTRANSFERASE;

AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CELL IMMORTALIZATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRIGLER NAJJAR SYNDROME; CRYOPRESERVATION; DISORDERS OF AMINO ACID AND PROTEIN METABOLISM; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; ENGRAFTMENT; GENE THERAPY; HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL; HEPATITIS B VIRUS; HEPATOCYTE TRANSPLANTATION; HERPES SIMPLEX VIRUS 2; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LIVER CELL; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MESENCHYMAL STEM CELL; METABOLIC DISORDER; NECROTIZING ENTEROCOLITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEM CELL; STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALS; CELL TRANSPLANTATION; GRAFT SURVIVAL; HEPATOCYTES; HUMANS; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FAILURE, ACUTE; METABOLIC DISEASES; MODELS, ANIMAL;

EID: 70349207748     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2009.02152.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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