In a clinical report issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics and published online Feb. 18 in Pediatrics, recomme ...

In a clinical report issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics and published online Feb. 18 in Pediatrics, recommendations are presented to assist primary care providers in identifying biliary ...

Esophageal atresia is a rare, congenital (present at birth) disorder of the digestive system in which the esophagus, the tube that normally carries food from the mouth to the stomach, does not connect ...

Sanjiv Harpavat, MD, PhD, FAAP, lead author of a clinical report recently released by the AAP on identifying infants with biliary atresia, joined to discuss the report and guidance for primary care. A ...

A Filipino child diagnosed with Biliary Atresia has successfully undergone a liver transplant in Shanghai, China, on Tuesday, ...

The authors note the initial direct or conjugated bilirubin level will be high in biliary atresia, starting at birth. Skin and stool color should continue to be monitored even if the bilirubin ...

18 in Pediatrics, recommendations are presented to assist primary care providers in identifying biliary atresia in newborns by 2 to 4 weeks of life. Sanjiv Harpavat, M.D., Ph.D., from Baylor ...

Introduction: Macrophages play an important role in disease progression of pediatric cholestatic liver disease, particularly biliary atresia (BA); however, the restorative versus pathogenic role for ...

A hearing impaired man from West Sussex who was gifted his first violin by The Osmonds has refused to let his disability get ...