Biliary Atresia: Epidemiology, Genetics, Clinical Update, and Public Health Perspective

Adv Pediatr. 2017 Aug;64(1):285-305. doi: 10.1016/j.yapd.2017.03.012.
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Keywords: Biliary atresia; Liver cirrhosis; Obstructive jaundice; Portoenterostomy.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Biliary Atresia / diagnosis
  • Biliary Atresia / epidemiology*
  • Biliary Atresia / genetics
  • Biliary Atresia / surgery*
  • Disease Progression
  • Female
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease / epidemiology
  • Humans
  • Incidence
  • Infant
  • Infant, Newborn
  • Liver Transplantation / methods*
  • Liver Transplantation / mortality
  • Portoenterostomy, Hepatic / methods*
  • Portoenterostomy, Hepatic / mortality
  • Public Health*
  • Risk Assessment
  • Survival Rate
  • United States