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Canadian Liver Foundation: Biliary Atresia - Information on this relatively rare disease includes symptoms, tests, treatments, and related health problems.
Biliary-atresia.com - New Clues from Etiology to Therapy - Current scientific research on this disease, including forum.
Biliary Atresia and Kasai Portoenteroscopy - Information from the Children's Liver Disease Foundation on this rare disorder affecting young infants.
Biliary Atresia and Treatment - Causes, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, survival rate and Kasai Procedure information provided by the Pediatric Liver Care Center at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.
eMedicine- Biliary Atresia - Article by Steven Schwarz, MD on this disorder.
Biliary Atresia - Describes the symptoms and treatment.
Biliary Atresia Clinical Care Program - Information about the clinical and research programs at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.
Pediatric Oncall - Patient information about biliary atresia, its causes, treatment and operative management.
MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia - Overview of diagnosis and treatment of biliary atresia.
Biliary Atresia Research Consortium (BARC) - Research group provides information for families about the liver, this disease, and current research. Includes glossary, common questions, and related links.

Hepatoportoenterostomy - A hepatoportoenterostomy, or Kasai procedure is a surgical treatment performed on infants with biliary atresia. In these infants, the bile is not able to drain normally from the small bile ducts within the liver into the larger bile ducts that connect to the gall bladder and small intestine.