Preclinical trial of a bioartificial liver support system in a porcine fulminant hepatic failure model

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Surgery

Volumn 66, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 547-552

  Sheil, A G R ^a,b   Sun, J ^a,b   Mears, D C ^b   Waring, M ^a   Woodman, K ^b   Johnston, B ^b   Horvat, M ^a   Watson, K J ^a   Koutalistras, N ^a   Wang, L S ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

bioartificial liver support system; fulminant hepatic failure

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL LIVER; BIOREACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIVER CELL; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; SWINE;

AMINO ACIDS; AMMONIA; ANIMALS; ARTIFICIAL ORGANS; EXTRACORPOREAL CIRCULATION; FIBRINOGEN; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; LACTATES; LACTIC ACID; LIVER; SWINE;

EID: 9544255803     PISSN: 00048682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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