Artificial Liver: Present or Future?

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Acta clinica Croatica, Vol. 41 No. 3, 2002.

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Artificial Liver: Present or Future?

Siniša Šefer
Petar Kep

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APA 6th Edition

Šefer, S. & Kep, P. (2002). Artificial Liver: Present or Future?. Acta clinica Croatica, 41 (3), 245-251. Retrieved from https://hrcak.srce.hr/14742

MLA 8th Edition

Šefer, Siniša and Petar Kep. "Artificial Liver: Present or Future?." Acta clinica Croatica, vol. 41, no. 3, 2002, pp. 245-251. https://hrcak.srce.hr/14742. Accessed 1 May 2024.

Chicago 17th Edition

Šefer, Siniša and Petar Kep. "Artificial Liver: Present or Future?." Acta clinica Croatica 41, no. 3 (2002): 245-251. https://hrcak.srce.hr/14742

Harvard

Šefer, S., and Kep, P. (2002). 'Artificial Liver: Present or Future?', Acta clinica Croatica, 41(3), pp. 245-251. Available at: https://hrcak.srce.hr/14742 (Accessed 01 May 2024)

Vancouver

Šefer S, Kep P. Artificial Liver: Present or Future?. Acta clinica Croatica [Internet]. 2002 [cited 2024 May 01];41(3):245-251. Available from: https://hrcak.srce.hr/14742

IEEE

S. Šefer and P. Kep, "Artificial Liver: Present or Future?", Acta clinica Croatica, vol.41, no. 3, pp. 245-251, 2002. [Online]. Available: https://hrcak.srce.hr/14742. [Accessed: 01 May 2024]

Abstract

Modern medicine has learned to support many failing organs with machines: dialysis for kidney failure, respirators for breathing, and pacemakers and artificial heart for the heart. However, when the liver becomes too damaged to sustain life, the only medical resource is transplantation. For over 5 years, scientists and physicians have been attempting to develop an artificial liver. This article focuses upon current devices made to provide artificial liver support.

Keywords

Liver, artificial; Liver, artificial - trends; Liver failure - therapy; Liver transplantation - trends; Prognosis; Life support system

Hrčak ID:

14742

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/14742

Publication date:

2.9.2002.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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