ALEX (artificial liver for extracorporeal xenoassistance): a new bioreactor containing a porcine autologous biomatrix as hepatocyte support. Preliminary results in an ex vivo experimental model.

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Published in Int J Artif Organs on October 01, 2002

Authors

G Ambrosino1, S Varotto, S Basso, D Galavotti, A Cecchetto, P Carraro, A Naso, G De Silvestro, M Plebani, G Giron, G Abatangelo, D Donato, G P Braga, A Cestrone, L Marrelli, M Trombetta, V Lorenzelli, A Picardi, M L Valente, G Palu, A Colantoni, D Van Thiel, C Ricordi, D F D'Amico

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Surgical and Gastroenterological Sciences, Section of General and Liver Transplant Surgery, University of Padova School of Medicine, Padova, Italy. giovanni.ambrosino@unipd.it

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