Province-wide Biliary Atresia Home Screening Program in British Columbia: Evaluation of First 2 Years

• Published in: Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition Vol. 66; no. 6; pp. 845 - 849
• Main Authors: Woolfson, Jessica P, Schreiber, Richard A, Butler, Alison E, MacFarlane, Julie, Kaczorowski, Janusz, Masucci, Lisa, Bryan, Stirling, Collet, Jean Paul
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.06.2018

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVESBiliary atresia (BA), a rare newborn liver disease, is the leading cause of liver-related death in children. Early disease recognition and timely surgical Kasai hepatoportoenterostomy (KP) offers long-term survival without liver transplant. Universal BA screening in Taiwan u...