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Learning outcomes By the end of this chapter the reader should: Know the anatomy and embryology of the liver and biliary tract and how variation relates to specific disorders, e.g. biliary atresia Know the basic histopathology and cellular dysfunction of…
Introduction Biliary atresia is a uniquely perinatal disease that 30 years ago would have been universally fatal. With the development of the palliative Kasai portoenterostomy (Morio Kasai, 1922–2008), along with advances in pediatric liver transplantation (first performed by Thomas Starzl,…