Biliary atresia.
Biliary atresia remains a serious and devastating surgical condition of early childhood. Despite portoenterostomy almost half of these children remain jaundiced and suffer repeated attacks of bacterial cholangitis or variceal haemorrhage. Recently liver transplantation offers fresh hope for these children.
Howard
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King's College Hospital, London.
Tan
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KC
D001656:Biliary Atresia / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006975:Hypertension, Portal / Q000150:complications; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D011171:Portoenterostomy, Hepatic; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications