Biliary Atresia Associated with Jejunal Atresia and a Review of the Literature in Japan

Koushi Asabe; Ko Yukitake; Toshiko Mori; Akihisa Mitsudome; Takayuki Shirakusa

doi:10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60283-9

Asian Journal of Surgery (Apr 2005)

Biliary Atresia Associated with Jejunal Atresia and a Review of the Literature in Japan

Koushi Asabe,
Ko Yukitake,
Toshiko Mori,
Akihisa Mitsudome,
Takayuki Shirakusa

Affiliations

Koushi Asabe: Second Department of Surgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
Ko Yukitake: Department of Pediatrics, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
Toshiko Mori: Department of Pediatrics, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
Akihisa Mitsudome: Department of Pediatrics, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan
Takayuki Shirakusa: Second Department of Surgery, Fukuoka University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/S1015-9584(09)60283-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 28, no. 2
pp. 154 – 157

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An unusual case of biliary atresia with jejunal atresia is herein described. Only 12 cases demonstrating biliary atresia associated with a jejunal atresia have been previously reported in Japan. The pathogenesis of biliary atresia is thought to be secondary to the influence of jejunal atresia.

Published in Asian Journal of Surgery

ISSN: 1015-9584 (Print)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: Hong Kong
LCC subjects: Medicine: Surgery
Website: http://www.journals.elsevier.com/asian-journal-of-surgery/

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