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For decades scientists have been experimenting with animal models of fulminant hepatic failure (FHF). They are supposed to provide a controlled experimental environment that is unachievable in clinical practice. An animal model should be reproducible and the species must have metabolic and physiologic pathways similar to those in humans.1
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Dabos, K.J., Newsome, P.N., Plevris, J.N., Hayes, P.C. (2003). Reversal of Fischer’s ratio in an anesthetised porcine model of acute liver failure. In: Jones, E.A., Meijer, A.J., Chamuleau, R.A.F.M. (eds) Encephalopathy and Nitrogen Metabolism in Liver Failure. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-010-0159-5_15
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