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Biliary Atresia

• Biliary Atresia - Describes the symptoms and treatment of biliary atresia.

• Biliary-Atresia.com - Biliary atresia is a rare disease which affects newborns. It’s cause is unknown and so far all forms of treatment are still unsatisfactory.

• CLF - Biliary Atresia - Biliary atresia begins in early infancy and causes damage to the liver due to the destruction of ducts which carry bile from the liver to the small intestine.

• eMedicine - Biliary Atresia - Article by Steven Schwarz, MD - Biliary atresia is characterized by obliteration or discontinuity of the extrahepatic biliary system, resulting in obstruction to bile flow.

• Facts about Biliary Atresia and the Kasai-Portoenterostomy - corrective treatment is a surgical operation - a Kasai-portoenterostomy - to establish bile drainage

• Pediatric liver transplant program offers treatment for Biliary Atresia -  - Louis Children’s Hospital offers comprehensive transplant services to children with pediatric biliary atresia and pediatric tryosinemia.

• Pediatric Oncall - Patient information about Biliary Atresia, its causes, treatment and operative management.

• Virtual Hospital- ElectricGINucs- Biliary Atresia - Biliary atresia affects the development
  of the intrahepatic and extrahepatic biliary ductal system.

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