Some infants fail to thrive as there will be a degree of fat and fat-soluble vitamin malabsorption (e.g. Vitamin K). This may cause a bleeding tendency. Eventually, and usually after 2 months, cirrhosis with portal hypertension will develop. If left untreated, biliary atresia can lead to liver failure. Unlike other forms of jaundice, however, biliary-atresia-related cholestasis mostly does not result in kernicterus, a form of brain damage resulting from liver dysfunction. This is because in biliary atresia, the liver, although diseased, is still able to conjugate bilirubin, and conjugated bilirubin is unable to cross the blood–brain barrier. Causes
The cause of biliary atresia in most infants is not fully understood and it is well possible that a number of factors may play a role, but especially maternal rotavirus infection during pregnancy and subsequent transmission of the virus to the child resulting in infection of the biliary epithelium and subsequent occluding fibrosis may be important in this respect. Some cases may relate to infection with other viruses (including COVID-19) as well, for instance infection with the hepatotropic virus reovirus 3 has been proposed and congenital cytomegalovirus infection, as well. In addition autoimmune processes may contribute to pathogenesis in some cases as well. However, with regard to these alternative causation the experimental evidence remains rather weak. Genetics
An association between biliary atresia and the ADD3 gene was first detected in Chinese populations through a genome-wide association study, and was confirmed in Thai Asians and Caucasians.
Ovide may refer to:

Ovide, a brand name for the insecticide malathion
Ovide, a character in the animated television show Ovide and the Gang

People
Ovide Alakannuark, Canadian politician
Ovide Le Blanc, Canadian politician
Ovide Lamontagne, American lawyer and politician
Ovide Mercredi, Canadian politician
Ovide de Montigny, French-Canadian fur trapper
Joseph-Ovide Turgeon, Canadian politician

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Ovid