Biliary Atresia is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Biliary Atresia, or a subtype of Biliary Atresia,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Biliary Atresia as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Complications of Biliary Atresia:
see complications of Biliary Atresia
Causes of Biliary Atresia: see causes of Biliary Atresia
Symptoms of Biliary Atresia: see symptoms of Biliary Atresia
Complications of Biliary Atresia: see complications of Biliary Atresia
Inheritance:
see inheritance of Biliary Atresia
Treatments for Biliary Atresia:
see treatments for Biliary Atresia
Research for Biliary Atresia:
see research for Biliary Atresia
Main name of condition: Biliary Atresia
Other names or spellings for Biliary Atresia:Extrahepatic Biliary Atresia, EHBA, Familial extrahepatic biliary atresia, Idiopathic extrahepatic biliary atresia
Atresia of bile ducts
Source - Diseases Database
EHBA, Familial extrahepatic biliary atresia, Idiopathic extrahepatic biliary atresia
Source - Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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