Biliary Atresia Webliography

Prepared for the CLASSKIDS.ORG Website
LIS 2585 Small Group Project
April 2004

General Overview Information | Resources for Caregivers | Statistics | Treatment Information | Research the Medical Literature |




General Overview Information


Resources for Caregivers of Children with Biliary Atresia

  • What is Biliary Atresia?-- American Liver Foundation. 2003. -- This web page describes the first signs of biliary atresia, its causes, treatment, and complications. It briefly addresses family support issues as well as finding a cure.

  • Biliary Atresia -- Children's Liver Disease Foundation. 2003. -- Site presents short list of bulleted points that speak to facts associated with biliary atresia and the Kasai portoenterostomy surgical procedure commonly used as a treatment for patients with biliary atresia.

  • Biliary Atresia: new clues from etiology to therapy -- Hannover Medical School -- Originating from Germany, this site gives a very brief definition of biliary atresia. Under "Online Forum" users can post questions for answers or comment. The "References" section is a compilation of over 2000 (medical) articles connected to biliary atresia.

  • Patient Information about Biliary Atresia -- Pediatric Oncall. 2001 -- Site displays illustrations of the liver and of the two different scenarios a surgeon might encounter when performing liver surgery on an infant or child with biliary atresia.

  • Biliary Atresia -- Family Village Library -- Collection of links to support groups and further information about biliary atresia.


Statistics

  • Biliary Atresia -- Emedicine.com -- This very comprehensive overview of biliary atresia includes in-depth statistical information on frequency, morbidity/mortality, and incidence.

    • For more statistical information, see the links in the "Researching the Medical Literature" section below.


Biliary Atresia Treatment Information


Research the Medical Literature

The following links are provided only as general guides to the medical literature for different areas related to Biliary Atresia. Links are to articles indexed in Pubmed, a large database of medical literature provided by the U.S. National Library of Medicine. Access to the full-text of the articles may require visiting a library. For a tutorial on how to Use PubMed, please visit the Pubmed tutorial.