Assertion: biliary atresia | /r/HasSubevent | progressive liver damage
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text: Biliary atresia (BA) is the most common cause of neonatal cholestasis and liver transplantation in childhood and is characterized by the obstruction or discontinuity of intra-and extrahepatic bile ducts, leading to chronic cholestasis, progressive liver damage, fibrosis, and biliary cirrhosis.