Hepatic fibrosis and survival in biliary atresia.
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Abstract
In biliary atresia, progression of hepatic fibrosis before the Kasai portoenterostomy may explain why age is a major determinant of survival of the native liver. Blinded fibrosis scoring of surgical liver biopsies demonstrated that age and fibrosis correlate. Those biopsies with severe fibrosis predicted significantly worse survival.
Medical subject headings
- Biliary Atresia
- Liver Cirrhosis