Human Hepatocyte Transplantation Overview
2008; Springer Science+Business Media; Linguagem: Inglês
10.1007/978-1-59745-201-4_1
ISSN1940-6029
Autores Tópico(s)Pancreatic function and diabetes
ResumoThe interest in hepatocyte transplantation has been growing continuously in recent years and this treatment may represent an alternative clinical approach for patients with acute liver failure and liverbased metabolic disorders. This chapter presents an overview of liver cell transplantation, from the basic research to human experience. It summarizes the pre-clinical studies and present status of clinical hepatocyte transplantation and identifies some possible areas of future research in this area.
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