Cholestasis, the most consistent feature, was present in each case. Each of the three infants who survived beyond the immediate neonatal period had hepatic parenchymal damage with focal necrosis.

Abstract Biliary atresia, a progressive sclerosis of the extrahepatic biliary tree that occurs only within the first 3 months of life, is one of the most common causes of neonatal cholestasis and ...

Lithocholic acid (LCA) is a hepatotoxic compound. Fetal LCA might play a role in the pathogenesis of neonatal cholestasis/EHBA. Recent results show that fetal liver has capacity for hydroxylations ...

and neonatal obstructive cholestasis (biliary atresia). Clinical and nutritional challenges of preterm infants. Clinicians are faced with important questions about the fundamental choices of how and ...