Condition
Pediatric Biliary Atresia
Key points about biliary atresia in children
- Biliary atresia is a rare liver disorder that occurs in newborn babies..
- Experts don’t know what causes the disease.
- If not treated with surgery, biliary atresia can be fatal.
- At some point, your child may need a liver transplant.
- After a liver transplant, your child must take medicines to stop the body from attacking, or rejecting, the new liver.
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