Publication Name	World Journal of Gastroenterology
Manuscript ID	34992
Country	Malaysia

Received	2017-06-09 00:37
Peer-Review Started	2017-06-10 00:39
To Make the First Decision	2017-07-13 05:04
Return for Revision	2017-07-17 11:54
Revised	2017-08-03 02:33
Second Decision	2017-08-15 07:54
Accepted by Journal Editor-in-Chief
Accepted by Company Editor-in-Chief	2017-08-15 15:07
Articles in Press	2017-08-15 15:07
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Edit the Manuscript by Language Editor	2017-09-29 01:45
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Publish the Manuscript Online	2017-11-20 04:03

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Category	Gastroenterology & Hepatology
Manuscript Type	Observational Study
Article Title	Chronic liver disease is universal in children with biliary atresia living with native liver
Manuscript Source	Unsolicited Manuscript
All Author List	Way Seah Lee, Sik Yong Ong, Hee Wei Foo, Shin Yee Wong, Chen Xi Kong, Ru Bin Seah and Ruey Terng Ng
ORCID	Author(s) ORCID Number Way Seah Lee http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9163-2828 Sik Yong Ong http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9647-5788 Shin Yee Wong http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7486-0594
Funding Agency and Grant Number	Funding Agency Grant Number University Malaya High Impact Research (UM.C/625/HIR/MOHE/CHAN/13/1) from Ministry of Higher Education, Malaysia
Corresponding Author	Way Seah Lee, MBBS, MD, Professor, Department of Paediatrics, University Malaya Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur 50603, Malaysia. leews@um.edu.my
Key Words	Biliary atresia; Medical status; Chronic liver disease
Core Tip	Previous study showed that more than 90% of children with biliary atresia (BA) surviving with native livers have clinical and laboratory evidence of chronic liver disease (CLD). In the present cohort, we found that 71% of patients with BA living with native livers had no clinical complications of CLD and 90% had normal liver synthetic function, only 2% had ideal medical outcome. Common medical complications encountered were cholangitis, portal hypertension and bleeding oesophageal varices. Portal hypertension and bleeding oesophageal varices were seen in 12% and 6% of children younger than 5 years of age. Medical surveillance in children with BA after Kasai surgery for medical complications should start even before 5 years of age.
Publish Date	2017-11-20 04:03
Citation	Lee WS, Ong SY, Foo HW, Wong SY, Kong CX, Seah RB, Ng RT. Chronic liver disease is universal in children with biliary atresia living with native liver. World J Gastroenterol 2017; 23(43): 7776-7784
URL	http://www.wjgnet.com/1007-9327/full/v23/i43/7776.htm
DOI	http://dx.doi.org/10.3748/wjg.v23.i43.7776

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