A case report of a challenging diagnosis of biliary atresia in a patient receiving total parenteral nutrition

• Main Authors: Atu Agawu (Author), Andrew Wehrman (Author), Jennifer Pogoriler (Author), Natalie A. Terry (Author), Henry C. Lin (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) and biliary atresia (BA) are common causes of cholestasis in infancy. The diagnosis of BA is time sensitive due to an inverse correlation between age at intervention (hepatic portoenterostomy - HPE) and survival without liver transplantation. Clin...