Gut bacterium B. longum linked to better biliary atresia outcomes
Levels of Bifidobacterium longum (B. longum), a well-known probiotic, in the gut are significantly reduced in children with biliary atresia, a study in Taiwan…
Biliary atresia is a rare liver disease affecting infants, in which the ducts that carry the digestive fluid bile from the liver to the small intestine are blocked.
Read moreThe first-line treatment for biliary atresia, a disorder in which certain bile ducts outside the liver are blocked or absent, typically is a surgical procedure called a Kasai portoenterostomy, which aims to restore the normal flow of bile in the patient’s body.
Read moreLevels of Bifidobacterium longum (B. longum), a well-known probiotic, in the gut are significantly reduced in children with biliary atresia, a study in Taiwan…
Children with biliary atresia show developmental problems, including language delays, following a living donor liver transplant (LDLT) in infancy and a second surgery to…