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Digestive System Diseases > Digestive System Abnormalities > Biliary Atresia
Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities > Congenital Abnormalities > Digestive System Abnormalities > Biliary Atresia
Digestive System Diseases > Biliary Tract Diseases > Bile Duct Diseases > Biliary Atresia

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Biliary Atresia  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Atresia, Biliary

Scope note

  • 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.

History note

  • 1987

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D001656

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