 Biliary Atresia
"Biliary Atresia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Progressive destruction or the absence of all or part of the extrahepatic BILE DUCTS, resulting in the complete obstruction of BILE flow. Usually, biliary atresia is found in infants and accounts for one third of the neonatal cholestatic JAUNDICE.
| Descriptor ID |
D001656
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.130.120.123 C06.198.125 C16.131.314.125
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| Concept/Terms |
Biliary Atresia- Biliary Atresia
- Biliary Atresia, Extrahepatic
- Atresia, Extrahepatic Biliary
- Atresias, Extrahepatic Biliary
- Biliary Atresias, Extrahepatic
- Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia
- Extrahepatic Biliary Atresias
- Atresia, Biliary
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| 2007 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Biliary Atresia" by people in Profiles.
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Wendler D, Nelson RM, Lantos JD. The Potential Benefits of Research May Justify Certain Research Risks. Pediatrics. 2019 03; 143(3).
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Tam PKH, Chung PHY, St Peter SD, Gayer CP, Ford HR, Tam GCH, Wong KKY, Pakarinen MP, Davenport M. Advances in paediatric gastroenterology. Lancet. 2017 Sep 09; 390(10099):1072-1082.
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Cronin DC, Squires J, Squires R, Mazariegos G, Lantos JD. Parental refusal of a liver transplant for a child with biliary atresia. Pediatrics. 2013 Jan; 131(1):141-6.
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Tucker RM, Hendrickson RJ, Mukaida N, Gill RG, Mack CL. Progressive biliary destruction is independent of a functional tumor necrosis factor-alpha pathway in a rhesus rotavirus-induced murine model of biliary atresia. Viral Immunol. 2007; 20(1):34-43.
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