Chapter 17 - Congenital malformations, deformations and chromosomal abnormalities (Q00-Q99)»Other congenital malformations of the digestive system (Q38-Q45)»Atresia of bile ducts (Q44.2)
Q44.2
Atresia of bile ducts
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Biliary Atresia27 drugs (22 approved, 5 experimental)
Progressive destruction or the absence of all or part of the extrahepatic BILE DUCTS, resulting in the complete obstruction of BILE flow. Usually, biliary atresia is found in infants and accounts for one third of the neonatal cholestatic JAUNDICE.