Potential etiologies for the more common perinatal form of biliary atresia include viral infections, immune-mediated bile duct injury, and autoimmune disease involving the bile ducts. Two viruses ...

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 ...

But then he is the sweetest, loving boy,” mother Trisha Sullivan said.Xander has celebrated his two-year anniversary of receiving a life-saving liver transplant at 5 months old.“So, when he was born, ...

PBC is a chronic, autoimmune disease in which bile ducts in the liver are gradually destroyed ... but has a phase 3 programme on the go in biliary atresia.

Lucknow: Experts at Ram Manohar Lohia Institute of Medical Sciences (RMLIMS) emphasised importance of raising awareness about ...

A recently renovated basic and translational research facility houses state-of-the-art molecular investigations of biliary atresia, fatty liver disease, immune function, malnutrition and motility to ...

Our research endeavors span the microbiome and clinical management of variceal bleeding, early intervention and diagnosis of biliary atresia to fatty liver disease. As you will quickly see, Houston ...

Ronald J. Sokol, M.D., Pediatric Liver Center and Liver Transplantation Program and the Pediatric General Clinical Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of ...