Chronic liver injury leads to liver inflammation and fibrosis, through which activated
myofibroblasts in the liver secrete extracellular matrix proteins that generate the fibrous scar …

Biliary atresia is a severe cholangiopathy of early infancy that destroys extrahepatic bile
ducts and disrupts bile flow. With a poorly defined disease pathogenesis, treatment consists …

Cholestatic jaundice in infancy affects approximately 1 in every 2500 term infants and is
infrequently recognized by primary providers in the setting of physiologic jaundice …

Biliary atresia (BA) is a progressive, fibro‐obliterative disorder of the intrahepatic and
extrahepatic bile ducts in infancy. The majority of affected children will eventually develop …

BACKGROUND. Increased age at surgery has a negative impact on results of the Kasai
operation for biliary atresia in infancy and early childhood. It remained unclear if an age …

Importance Treating biliary atresia in newborns earlier can delay or prevent the need for
liver transplant; however, treatment typically occurs later because biliary atresia is difficult to …

Each Association appointed at least one author to serve on the writing group. The Chair of
the writing group was appointed by the AASLD. Members of the writing group were not …

INTRODUCTION: Biliary atresia (BA) is a rare, potentially life-threatening condition of the
newborn presenting with conjugated jaundice. Typically, it is treated by an initial attempt to …

BACKGROUND & AIMS: This study analyses the prognosis of biliary atresia (BA) in France
since liver transplantation (LT) became widely available. METHODS: The charts of all BA …

Biliary Atresia and other cholestatic childhood diseases are rare conditions affecting the
function and/or anatomy along the canalicular-bile duct continuum, characterised by onset of …