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Biliary Atresia - Introduction

Congenital obstruction of biliary system, intrahepatic bile duct proliferation and focal/total absence of the extrahepatic bile ducts Complication: Cirrhosis (early onset) and Jaundice Associations: abdominal heterotaxia syndromes, polysplenia, trisomy 18 Treatment: surgery before three months of age, Kasai Portoenterostomy

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