Unraveling the pathogenesis and etiology of biliary atresia.

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Biliary atresia (BA) is the most common and important neonatal hepatobiliary disorder. Because current treatment is inadequate, there is an urgent need to better understand the etiology and pathogenesis of BA. Two major forms of BA are recognized: an embryonic form associated with other congenital anomalies and a perinatal form in which bile ducts were presumably formed normally but underwent fibro-obliteration...

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