Biliary Atresia: A rare condition that can affect newborns where the bile duct that carries the bile from the liver to the small intestine is blocked or missing. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Biliary Atresia is available below.
See full list of 22 symptoms of Biliary Atresia
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Visit our research pages for current research about Biliary Atresia treatments.
The US based website ClinicalTrials.gov lists information on both federally and privately supported clinical trials using human volunteers.
Some of the clinical trials listed on ClinicalTrials.gov for Biliary Atresia include:
See full list of 6 Clinical Trials for Biliary Atresia
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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 is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Biliary Atresia, or a subtype of Biliary Atresia,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Biliary Atresia as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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