Browsing Theses and Dissertations (University of Pretoria) by Subject "Bio-artificial liver"

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Bio-artificial liver support system : an evaluation of models used in demonstrating or improving metabolic and clinical efficacy

Nieuwoudt, Martin J. (University of Pretoria, 2010-06-14)

Acute liver failure (ALF) is a rare but devastating clinical syndrome with multiple causes and a variable course. The mortality rate is high. Orthotopic liver transplantation is the only therapy of proven survival benefit ...
Oxygen carriers for a novel bio-artificial liver support system

Moolman, Francis Sean (University of Pretoria, 2005-09-21)

The purpose of the investigation was the design and development of an oxygen carrier system for oxygenation of liver cells (hepatocytes) in a bio-artificial liver support system. Acute liver failure is a devastating condition ...

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