Infants with extrahepatic biliary atresia: Effect of follow-up on the survival rate at Ege University Medical School transplantation center
Articles > Article · 2017
Authors: Miray KARAKOYUN, Masallah Baran, Caner TURAN, Murat KILIÇ, Mustafa Orkan ERGÜN, Sema AYDOĞDU
TURKISH JOURNAL OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, Journal Indexed in SCI Expanded, International, 2017, vol 28, pp 298-302
Summary
Background/Aims: Biliary atresia (BA) is the main cause of neonatal cholestasis and the primary reason for infant liver transplants worldwide. It is an obliterative cholangiopathy observed only in children and caused by progressive inflammation and fibrosis of the bile duct. We collaborated with a liver transplantation center to investigate the effects of follow-up in patients with BA.