Background Biliary atresia (BA) is a paediatric cholestatic disease characterized by a
progressive fibro‐inflammation of the biliary tree. Current treatment of choice is to establish …

Background Biliary atresia (BA) is a progressive inflammatory disorder of the extrahepatic
bile ducts leading to the obliteration of bile flow. The purpose of this study was to determine …

During the course of liver cirrhosis, severe renal complications frequently occur. However,
the pathogenesis of renal dysfunction in liver cirrhosis has not been completely understood …

Background Biliary atresia (BA), a chronic inflammatory disease of bile ducts, is
characterized by the obliteration of bile flow. The aim of the present study was to investigate …

Background and purpose Many post-operative patients with biliary atresia (BA) suffer from
liver dysfunction, such as chronic inflammation even without jaundice after a Kasai's hepatic …

Background Validated non-invasive examinations are necessary to monitor liver fibrosis in
children with biliary atresia (BA) after the Kasai procedure. Purpose To evaluate the …

Background The progression of hepatic fibrosis may result in decompensated hepatic failure
with cirrhosis, liver related events (LRE) such as ascites, variceal bleeding, and death after …

Background Kasai procedure is the standard initial treatment of infants with biliary atresia.
The key to perform a successful surgery is to accurately remove the fibrous portal plate near …

Objective To retrospectively assess the value of the combination of conventional ultrasound
and shear-wave elastography (SWE) in evaluating the segmental heterogeneity of liver …