Biliary Atresia Epidemiology
Studies from Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Department of Pathology in the area of biliary atresia epidemiology described
Published in Hepatitis Weekly, February 23rd, 2009
Investigators publish new data in the report 'Histopathological features and accuracy for diagnosing biliary atresia by prelaparotomy liver biopsy in developing countries.' According to a study from Lucknow, India, "A major challenge in neonatal cholestasis (NC) is to differentiate biliary atresia (BA) from other non-atretic causes. In developing countries there are considerable problems of late referral of NC cases and performing surgery without prelaparotomy liver biopsy that contributes to a high proportion of negative laparotomy and increased morbidity."
"We evaluated the hepatic histopathology for presence of features that correlate best with the diagnosis of BA...
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Source: Hepatitis Weekly (2009-02-23)
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