Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A new ultrasound approach helped identify patients later diagnosed with biliary atresia. The method would ...

Biliary atresia (BA) is a condition characterized by a discontinuity or obliteration of the extrahepatic or biliary system that results in bile flow obstruction. It is a rare disorder in newborn ...

Based on the onset of disease, biliary atresia is classified as fetal and perinatal. In the fetal type, the biliary duct obstruction occurs during pregnancy in-utero. While the perinatal type occurs ...

Biliary atresia is a rare genetic/congenital disease in which the bile ducts inside and outside the liver and gall bladder do not develop well from birth. Although several theories have been proposed, ...

Among 19 autopsied cases of 17–18 trisomy syndrome, 10 confirmed by cytogenetic studies, nine diagnosed on the basis of phenotypic characteristics, seven cases of neonatal hepatitis were found, ...

Neonatal hepatitis (NH) and biliary atresia are two separate conditions that share specific symptoms. Both conditions affect newborn infants and can cause liver damage. Bile is a substance the liver ...

Biliary atresia is a rare condition that affects newborns and young infants. One of the most noticeable signs of this condition is a change in stool, which may appear as early as the first few weeks ...

Biliary obstruction involves blockage of any duct that carries bile from the liver to the gallbladder or from the gallbladder to the small intestine. It may have benign or malignant causes, and can ...

Cirrhosis: A type of chronic, progressive liver disease. Atresia: Congenital absence of an opening in a hollow structure. Portal hypertension: Increased blood pressure in the portal vein.

Biliary atresia, a progressive sclerosis of the extrahepatic biliary tree that occurs only within the first 3 months of life, is one of the most common causes of neonatal cholestasis and accounts for ...