Biliary atresia

Having persistently high blood levels of bilirubin, a marker of liver damage, a year after undergoing a corrective liver surgery called the Kasai procedure increases…

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…

Children with biliary atresia show developmental problems, including language delays, following a living donor liver transplant (LDLT) in infancy and a second surgery to…

Levels of neurotensin, a small protein highly present in the gastrointestinal tract, are higher than normal in the blood and liver of biliary atresia…

An imaging technique called holomedicine helped surgeons in Singapore make sure they removed a part of a liver from a living adult donor that was…

Children with biliary atresia who have a serious condition called acute-on-chronic liver failure (ACLF) tend to require a longer stay in the hospital and are…

A noninvasive test that detects a fluorescent dye in stools could help doctors make a biliary atresia diagnosis faster than current methods, distinguishing the…

The blood levels of two proteins, called MMP-7 and SOX9, are significantly higher in infants with biliary atresia than in those with similar liver…

Five-year-old Sadie Sellers, who was born with biliary atresia, is the focus of a fundraising event designed to raise awareness of and funds for…

A blood test that measures the levels of the M2BPGi protein accurately predicts the presence of moderate liver scarring, or fibrosis, in children and adolescents…