"Biliary Atresia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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
- Biliary Atresias, Extrahepatic
- Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia
- Extrahepatic Biliary Atresias
- Atresia, Biliary
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2003 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2020 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Biliary Atresia" by people in Profiles.
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Farooqui ZA, Hartman SJ, Stetson AE, Schepers EJ, Speck KE, Gadepalli SK, Van Arendonk KJ, Georgeades C, Lal DR, Deans KJ, Minneci PC, Apfeld JC, Saito JM, Mak GZ, Slidell MB, Lemoine C, Superina R, Wright TN, Downard CD, Devara LP, Hirschl RB, Landman MP, Leys CM, Markel TA, Rymeski B, Mullapudi B, Tiao GM. Real-world Multi-institutional Data From the Midwest Pediatric Surgery Consortium (MWPSC) to Assess the Effect of Delayed Kasai Procedure on Biliary Drainage in Patients With Biliary Atresia. J Pediatr Surg. 2025 May; 60(5):162250.
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Hartmann P, Carter R, Keller B, Saenz NC, Schwarz KB. Complete Absence of the Extrahepatic Biliary Tree in a Newborn With Pigmented Stools. Pediatrics. 2021 07; 148(1).
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Apfeld JC, Cooper JN, Sebasti?o YV, Tiao GM, Minneci PC, Deans KJ. Variability in age at Kasai portoenterostomy for biliary atresia across US children's hospitals. J Pediatr Surg. 2021 Jun; 56(6):1196-1202.
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Adeyemi A, States L, Wann L, Lin HC, Rand EB. Biliary Excretion Noted on Hepatobiliary Iminodiacetic Acid Scan Does Not Exclude Diagnosis of Biliary Atresia. J Pediatr. 2020 05; 220:245-248.
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Chen L, Goryachev A, Sun J, Kim P, Zhang H, Phillips MJ, Macgregor P, Lebel S, Edwards AM, Cao Q, Furuya KN. Altered expression of genes involved in hepatic morphogenesis and fibrogenesis are identified by cDNA microarray analysis in biliary atresia. Hepatology. 2003 Sep; 38(3):567-76.
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Dunn SP, Weintraub W, Vinocur CD, Billmire DF, Falkenstein K. Is age less than 1 year a high-risk category for orthotopic liver transplantation? J Pediatr Surg. 1993 Aug; 28(8):1048-50.