Open Accessα-Smooth muscle actin expression predicts the outcome of Kasai portoenterostomy in biliary atresia
Author(s) -
Priya Ramachandran,
Ashitha K Unny,
Mukul Vij,
Mohamed Safwan,
Muthukrishnan Saravana Balaji,
Mohamed Rela
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
the saudi journal of gastroenterology/saudi journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-4049
pISSN - 1319-3767
DOI - 10.4103/sjg.sjg_242_18
Subject(s) - medicine , biliary atresia , jaundice , sma* , gastroenterology , liver biopsy , fibrosis , stage (stratigraphy) , alagille syndrome , liver disease , liver transplantation , pathology , biopsy , cholestasis , transplantation , paleontology , mathematics , combinatorics , biology
Biliary atresia (BA) is a cholangio-destructive disease of the infant liver presenting with features of obstructive cholangiopathy. The Kasai portoenterostomy (KPE) is the first line of management. The aim of our study was to identify the characteristic features of liver histology in BA that impact the outcome of KPE.