"Biliary Atresia" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
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.
| Descriptor ID |
D001656
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| MeSH Number(s) |
C06.130.120.123 C06.198.125 C16.131.314.125
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| Concept/Terms |
Biliary Atresia- Biliary Atresia
- Biliary Atresia, Extrahepatic
- Atresia, Extrahepatic Biliary
- Biliary Atresias, Extrahepatic
- Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia
- Extrahepatic Biliary Atresias
- Atresia, Biliary
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 2019 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Biliary Atresia" by people in Profiles.
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"Health status of children with chronic liver disease during the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak: results from a multicentre study". Clin Res Hepatol Gastroenterol. 2021 Mar; 45(2):101610.
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Successful non-directed living liver donor transplant for an infant with biliary atresia during the COVID-19 pandemic. Pediatr Transplant. 2020 12; 24(8):e13816.
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A case of an Infant with SARS-CoV-2 hepatitis early after liver transplantation. Pediatr Transplant. 2020 12; 24(8):e13778.
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Spleen and Liver Stiffness to Detect Esophageal Varices in Children with Biliary Atresia. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2019 10; 69(4):411-415.
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Diagnostic Yield of an Algorithm for Neonatal and Infantile Cholestasis Integrating Next-Generation Sequencing. J Pediatr. 2019 08; 211:54-62.e4.
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Leukocyte mitochondrial DNA copy number as a potential biomarker indicating poor outcome in biliary atresia and its association with oxidative DNA damage and telomere length. Mitochondrion. 2019 07; 47:1-9.
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a-Smooth muscle actin expression predicts the outcome of Kasai portoenterostomy in biliary atresia. Saudi J Gastroenterol. 2019 Mar-Apr; 25(2):101-105.
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The Potential Benefits of Research May Justify Certain Research Risks. Pediatrics. 2019 03; 143(3).
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Living donor liver transplantation and situs inversus totalis: cutting the Gordian knot. BMJ Case Rep. 2018 Oct 12; 2018.
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Liver Transplantation Status in Iran: A Multi-center Report on the Main Transplant Indicators and Survival Rates. Arch Iran Med. 2018 07 01; 21(7):275-282.