Open AccessA histopathological study of liver and biliary remnants in the long-term survivors (>10 years) of cases of biliary atresia
Author(s) -
Sabuj Ghana Mukhopadhyay,
Paromita Roy,
Uttara Chatterjee,
Chhanda Datta,
Mainak Banerjee,
Sugato Banerjee,
Ashoke Kumar Basu,
Manojit Ganguli
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.138722
Subject(s) - biliary atresia , medicine , gastroenterology , univariate analysis , fibrosis , cirrhosis , biliary tract , biliary cirrhosis , atresia , bile duct , prospective cohort study , multivariate analysis , liver transplantation , disease , transplantation , autoimmune disease
Biliary atresia (BA) is a destructive process affecting both extra- and intra-hepatic bile ducts leading to fibrosis and obliteration of the biliary tree and cirrhosis usually within 2 years. Factors influencing the outcome of portoenterostomy (PE) have not been clearly defined.