Genetic investigation into an increased susceptibility to biliary atresia in an extended New Zealand Māori family

• Main Authors: Sophia R. Cameron-Christie (Author), Justin Wilde (Author), Andrew Gray (Author), Rick Tankard (Author), Melanie Bahlo (Author), David Markie (Author), Helen M. Evans (Author), Stephen P. Robertson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-12-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Biliary atresia (BA), a fibrosing disorder of the developing biliary tract leading to liver failure in infancy, has an elevated incidence in indigenous New Zealand (NZ) Māori. We investigated a high rate of BA in a group of children (n = 12) belonging to a single Māori iwi (or...