THE results of surgical exploration of infants with biliary atresia have been discouraging, for only a small percentage of these patients have proved to have a mechanical block that could be reliev ...

Neonatal hepatitis (NH) and biliary atresia are two separate conditions that can affect infants and share specific symptoms, such as liver damage. Read more.

While the exact Biliary Atresia causes are not fully understood, the condition may begin before birth in some cases. Biliary Atresia symptoms usually appear between 2 and 4 weeks after birth and ...

WebMD explains the causes, symptoms, and treatments of biliary atresia, a liver condition that affects infants.

INTRAVENOUS cholangiography with iodipamide sodium was introduced in clinical medicine in 1953 as a method for rapid high contrast visualization of the biliary ducts and gall bladder.1 An abundant ...

Researchers analyzed cholangiocyte organoids from livers of healthy donors and patients with biliary atresia and found that NF-KB activation in biliary atresia promotes cellular defects and ...

SAN DIEGO — A new ultrasound approach may help more quickly and less invasively identify infants with biliary atresia, according to research presented at The Liver Meeting. “An ...

Discover a study that emphasises the importance of biliary atresia screening through combining stool colour card and ...

Baby Cared for by 80 Different Nurses During 185-Day Hospital Stay While Awaiting Lifesaving Transplant (Exclusive) At 2 months old, Mattie Beacham was diagnosed with biliary atresia, a rare ...

“By identifying infants earlier, primary care providers have a unique opportunity to improve outcomes and help reduce the tremendous liver transplant burden of biliary atresia,” the authors write.

Thanks to the living donor program at Children's Hospital Colorado, a Texas girl found a match for a new liver.