Biliary atresia

Introduction: Biliary atresia

Description of Biliary atresia

Biliary atresia (medical condition): A rare condition that can affect newborns where the bile duct...more »

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Biliary atresia: 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.
Source: Diseases Database

Biliary atresia: progressive destruction or the absence of all or part of the extrahepatic bile ducts, resulting in the complete obstruction of bile flow; found mainly in infants.
Source: CRISP

Biliary atresia: 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.
Source: MeSH 2007

Biliary atresia: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Biliary atresia:

• Biliary
• Biliary disorder
• Atresia
• Major
• Bile
• Cholestasis
• Jaundice (789 causes)
• Jaundice symptoms (708 causes)

Biliary atresia: Rare Disease

Ophanet

Ophanet, a consortium of European partners, currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000. They list Biliary atresia as a "rare disease".

Source - Orphanet

Biliary atresia as a Disease

Biliary atresia (medical condition): See Biliary Atresia (disease information).
  »Introduction: Biliary Atresia
  »Symptoms of Biliary Atresia
  »Treatments for Biliary Atresia

Biliary atresia: Related Diseases

Biliary atresia: Biliary atresia is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Biliary conditions
• Abdominal conditions
• Digestive conditions

More information on medical condition: Biliary Atresia:

• Information about Biliary Atresia
• Basic Summary for Biliary Atresia
• Symptoms of Biliary Atresia
• Treatments for Biliary Atresia

Biliary atresia: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Biliary atresia:

• neonatal jaundice
• kernicterus
• hyperbilirubinemia
• blood transfusion
• liver failure
• Kasi procedure
• liver transplantation

Terms associated with Biliary atresia:

Terms Similar to Biliary atresia:

• Atresia of bile ducts

Source: Diseases Database

• Atresia, Biliary

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Biliary atresia

• Bile Duct Diseases
• Digestive System Abnormalities

Source - MeSH 2007

• bile obstruction

Source - CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Biliary atresia:

• congenital biliary tract disorder

Source: CRISP

Hierarchical classifications of Biliary atresia

The following list attempts to classify Biliary atresia into categories where each line is subset of the next.

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Digestive System Diseases
  • Biliary Tract Diseases
    • Bile Duct Diseases
      • Biliary Atresia

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Digestive System Diseases
  • Digestive System Abnormalities
    • Biliary Atresia

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy

• Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities
  • Abnormalities
    • Digestive System Abnormalities
      • Biliary Atresia

External links related to: Biliary atresia

• Biliary Atresia - Blueprint for Health
• biliary atresia
• OMIM - BILIARY ATRESIA, EXTRAHEPATIC; EHBA
• eMedicine - Biliary Atresia : Article by Steven M Schwarz, MD, FAAP, FACN

Source: Diseases Database

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