Diseases

Biliary Atresia

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.

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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.

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9 entry terms
  • Atresia, Biliary
  • Biliary Atresia, Extrahepatic
  • Biliary Atresia, Intrahepatic
  • Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia
  • Familial Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia
  • Idiopathic Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia
  • Intrahepatic Biliary Atresia
  • Atresia, Extrahepatic Biliary
  • Atresia, Intrahepatic Biliary

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Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, chemically induced, classification, complications, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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History Note

1987

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Previous Indexing

  • Bile Ducts/abnormalities (1966-1986)

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Biliary Atresia. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D001656. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D001656
  2. Biliary Atresia. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biliary_atresia
  3. Biliary Atresia. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q659033