Biliary atresia into the 21st century: A historical perspective

✍ Scribed by A P Mowat

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 145 KB
• Volume: 23
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0270-9139
• DOI: 10.1002/hep.510230653

✦ Synopsis

This commentary by the late Alex P. Mowat reflects his management of complications of chronic cholestasis extensive knowledge and experience in pediatric liver disand in some complications of cirrhosis. We have reason ease; its genesis reflects his commitment to education as well as his personal qualities. Dr. Mowat had presented an to congratulate ourselves as a profession. However, imoverview of biliary atresia at the November 1995 meeting portant as these advances are, the diagnosis of biliary of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases.

atresia and its consequences are devastating to a fam-This included a very thoughtful historical perspective. Since ily who have, for the first few weeks of their infant's we were preparing the manuscript on Biliary Atresia, found life, believed they had a normal child. They are angry, on page 1682 of this issue of HEPATOLOGY, we informally asked to review his lecture notes and slides regarding these depressed, and frustrated when they find out that we ''historical aspects.'' Dr. Mowat died three days later while have no idea what causes the condition and very little attending a meeting in South America. Approximately one † Deceased. From the Department of Pediatric Pathology, King's College School of Medi-1892), a physician pediatrician who founded the first cine & Dentistry, London, England.

children 's hospital in England (Great Ormond Street)