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Treatment of Fulminant Hepatic Failure by Charcoal Haemoperfusion and Polyacrilonitrile Haemodialysis

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Artificial Kidney, Artificial Liver, and Artificial Cells

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Despite the considerable regenerative capacity of the liver, mortality from fulminant hepatic failure is as high as 80% in most reported series (1–3). Few of the patients who recover develop cirrhosis, however (4), and it is for this reason that a temporary means of liver support has been sought to tide these patients over the acute phase of their illness.

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  1. Liver Unit, King’s College Hospital & Medical School, London, SE5, England

    D. B. A. Silk & Roger Williams (Senior Lecturer and Consultant, and Director)

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  1. Medical Research Council of Canada, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Thomas Ming Swi Chang M.D., C.M., Ph.D., F.R.C.P.(C) (Professor of Physiology, Professor of Medicine, Associate, Director) (Professor of Physiology, Professor of Medicine, Associate, Director)

  2. Artificial Organs Research Unit, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

    Thomas Ming Swi Chang M.D., C.M., Ph.D., F.R.C.P.(C) (Professor of Physiology, Professor of Medicine, Associate, Director) (Professor of Physiology, Professor of Medicine, Associate, Director)

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Silk, D.B.A., Williams, R. (1978). Treatment of Fulminant Hepatic Failure by Charcoal Haemoperfusion and Polyacrilonitrile Haemodialysis. In: Chang, T.M.S. (eds) Artificial Kidney, Artificial Liver, and Artificial Cells. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-2478-2_14

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