Biliary atresia

Babies who had standard Kasai surgery when they were more than 60 days old or had spleen malformations were more likely to have poor outcomes…

A new study has uncovered a key mechanism behind the liver scarring seen in biliary atresia (BA), a rare liver disease in infants. Two…

A new preclinical study has found that a combination of viral and bacterial insults may be a key disease mechanism underlying biliary atresia. Specifically,…

In infants younger than 3 months, identifying heart problems and distinctive facial features, as well as blood markers and certain liver tissue abnormalities, may aid…

Throughout July, the nonprofit Biliary Atresia Research & Education (BARE) is holding its Live and Let Live(r) fundraising campaign to raise money and awareness…

Biliary atresia, a rare liver disease affecting infants, may be diagnosed before birth using a novel artificial intelligence (AI) method that analyzes prenatal ultrasound…

Combining the levels of two liver damage markers, obtained from standard blood tests, can accurately discriminate infants with biliary atresia from those without the…

The cumulative healthcare costs for infants with biliary atresia can increase substantially if they undergo their initial treatment, the Kasai surgery, after 2 months…

Despite the established link between a younger age at standard Kasai surgery and better outcomes for infants with biliary atresia, the time between the…

Transient elastography, a noninvasive test that uses ultrasound to detect liver stiffness, may help to differentiate biliary atresia from other underlying diseases in infants…