"Biliary Atresia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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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| 1995 | 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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Hepatic concentrations of zinc, copper and manganese in infants with extrahepatic biliary atresia. J Trace Elem Med Biol. 1995 Mar; 9(1):40-3.