BILIARY ATRESIA, a rare condition found in
newborn infants, is often mistaken with jaundice. The disorder is usually found
in one baby out of 10,000 to 20,000 babies in the United States ie, on average,
out of 15,000 live births one baby is affected by biliary atresia.
This is a condition which is neither hereditary
nor contagious nor preventable. The only cure is surgery or if the atresia is
complete (ie, 72 per cent) then the patient is left only with the option of
liver transplantation. Biliary atresia occurs when the common bile duct between
liver and small intestine is blocked or absent.
Yet there is no known cause to this very rare
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