title: Biliary atresia and meconium ileus associated with Niemann-Pick disease.
abstract: A boy, and 10 months later his sister, presented in the neonatal period with meconium ileus. Both became jaundiced and were found to have biliary atresia and Niemann-Pick disease, type C. The causes of the meconium ileus were not established. Both died before the age of 6 weeks.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Hospitals for Sick Children, London, Great Britain.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Adam
authors.forename: R J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Brereton
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Agrawal
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Lake
mesh_terms: D001656:Biliary Atresia / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007415:Intestinal Obstruction / Q000150:complications*; D008099:Liver / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008470:Meconium / Q000378:metabolism*; D009542:Niemann-Pick Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology