Biliary atresia is challenging to diagnose because many of the clinical and imaging features
of this condition overlap with those of other causes of cholestasis in newborns. When …

Heterotaxy (HTX) is a rare condition of abnormal thoraco-abdominal organ arrangement
across the left–right axis of the body. The pathogenesis of HTX includes a derangement of …

Background and Aims Biliary atresia is the most common cause of liver disease and liver
transplantation in children. The accumulation of bile acids in hepatocytes and the stimulation …

Hepatic ischemia reperfusion (HIR) has been found to induce brain injury and cognitive
dysfunction. Dynamin-related protein 1 (Drp1) mediated mitochondrial fission involves …

Background Biliary atresia (BA) remains the number one indication for paediatric liver
transplantation (LT) worldwide but is an uncommon indication for older LT recipients. The …

Background Biliary atresia (BA) is the most common cholestatic liver disease in neonates.
Herein, we aimed at characterizing the gut microbiota and fecal bile acid profiles of BA …

Purpose This study compared clinical and radiologic differences between cystic biliary
atresia (cBA) and choledochal cyst (CC) type Ia/b. Methods Infants (≤ 12 months old) who …

Biliary atresia (BA) is a severe cholangiopathy in infants. It is characterized by inflammatory
fibro-obliteration of the intra-and extrahepatic bile ducts. Although the restoration of bile flow …

Introduction The majority of pediatric surgeons and hepatologists recommend the
centralization of biliary atresia (BA) treatment within experienced liver units. We aimed to …

AIM To evaluate the correlation between intravoxel incoherent motion (IVIM) diffusion-
weighted imaging (DWI) parameters and the degree of hepatic steatosis and fibrosis in …