Biliary Atresia

"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, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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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
MeSH Number(s)	C06.130.120.123 C06.198.125 C16.131.314.125
Concept/Terms	Biliary Atresia Biliary Atresia Biliary Atresia, Extrahepatic Atresia, Extrahepatic Biliary Biliary Atresias, Extrahepatic Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia Extrahepatic Biliary Atresias Atresia, Biliary Familial Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia Familial Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia Idiopathic Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia Idiopathic Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia

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Diseases [C]
Digestive System Diseases [C06]
Biliary Tract Diseases [C06.130]
Bile Duct Diseases [C06.130.120]
Biliary Atresia [C06.130.120.123]
Digestive System Abnormalities [C06.198]
Biliary Atresia [C06.198.125]
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities [C16]
Congenital Abnormalities [C16.131]
Digestive System Abnormalities [C16.131.314]
Biliary Atresia [C16.131.314.125]

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Bar chart showing 10 publications over 8 distinct years, with a maximum of 2 publications in 2000 and 2021

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
2000	1	1	2
2003	1	0	1
2016	1	0	1
2017	1	0	1
2019	1	0	1
2020	1	0	1
2021	2	0	2
2025	1	0	1

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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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Aspelund G, Mahdi EM, Rothstein DH, Wakeman DS. Transitional care for patients with surgical pediatric hepatobiliary disease: Choledochal cysts and biliary atresia. J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2019 Jun; 34(6):966-974.

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Sanchez-Valle A, Kassira N, Varela VC, Radu SC, Paidas C, Kirby RS. Biliary Atresia: Epidemiology, Genetics, Clinical Update, and Public Health Perspective. Adv Pediatr. 2017 08; 64(1):285-305.

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Wasserman H, Ikomi C, Hafberg ET, Miethke AG, Bove KE, Backeljauw PF. Two Case Reports of FGF23-Induced Hypophosphatemia in Childhood Biliary Atresia. Pediatrics. 2016 08; 138(2).

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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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Schindel DT, Dunn SP, Casas AT, Falkenstein K, Billmire DF, Vinocur CD, Weintraub WH. Pediatric recipients of three or more hepatic allografts: results and technical challenges. J Pediatr Surg. 2000 Feb; 35(2):297-300; discussion 301-2.

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Gubernick JA, Rosenberg HK, Ilaslan H, Kessler A. US approach to jaundice in infants and children. Radiographics. 2000 Jan-Feb; 20(1):173-95.

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