Bile Duct Diseases

Anatomy/Physiology

1.	Your Digestive System and How It Works National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/yrdd/index.htm

Children

1.	What Is Biliary Atresia? American Liver Foundation http://www.liverfoundation.org/cgi-bin/dbs/articles.cgi?db=articles&uid=def...




2.	What is Alagille Syndrome? American Liver Foundation http://www.liverfoundation.org/cgi-bin/dbs/articles.cgi?db=articles&uid=def...




3.	Choledochal Cysts Children's Hospital Boston http://www.childrenshospital.org/cfapps/A2ZtopicDisplay.cfm?Topic=Choledoca...

Clinical Trials

1.	ClinicalTrials.gov: Bile Duct Diseases National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D001649&recruiting...




2.	ClinicalTrials.gov: Liver Cirrhosis, Biliary National Institutes of Health http://clinicaltrials.gov/ct/gui/action/FindCondition?ui=D008105&recruiting...

Diagnosis/Symptoms

1.	What Is a HIDA (Hepatobiliary Iminodiacetic Acid) Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00424




2.	How Is Bile Duct Cancer Staged? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_3X_How_is_bile_duct_cance...




3.	How Is Bile Duct Cancer Diagnosed? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_3X_How_is_bile_duct_cance...




4.	GGT (Gamma-Glutamyl Transferase) Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/ggt/test.html




5.	ERCP (Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatograp National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/ercp/




6.	ALP (Alkaline Phosphatase) Test American Association for Clinical Chemistry http://www.labtestsonline.org/understanding/analytes/alp/test.html

Dictionaries/Glossaries

1.	Digestive Diseases Dictionary National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/dictionary/

Directories

1.	GI Physician Locator American College of Gastroenterology http://www.acg.gi.org/patients/phylocator.asp




2.	Find a Gastrointestinal Endoscopic Doctor American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy http://www.askasge.org/pages/find/find.cfm

Genetics

1.	Genetics Home Reference: Alagille syndrome National Library of Medicine http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition=alagillesyndrome

National Institutes of Health

1.	Extrahepatic Bile Duct Cancer (PDQ): Treatment National Cancer Institute http://www.cancer.gov/cancerinfo/pdq/treatment/bileduct/patient/

Organizations

1.	American Gastroenterological Association http://www.gastro.org/




2.	American Liver Foundation http://www.liverfoundation.org/




3.	National Digestive Diseases Information Clearingho http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/




4.	National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and K http://www.niddk.nih.gov/

Overviews

1.	What Is Bile Duct Cancer? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_1X_What_Is_bile_duct_canc...




2.	Bile Duct Diseases Harvard Medical School, InteliHealth http://www.intelihealth.com/IH/ihtIH/WSIHW000/9339/10044.html

Related Issues

1.	What Are the Risk Factors for Bile Duct Cancer? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_2X_What_are_the_risk_fact...




2.	Do We Know What Causes Bile Duct Cancer? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_2X_Do_we_know_what_causes...




3.	Ten Questions to Ask Your GI Endoscopist American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy http://www.askasge.org/pages/tenquest.cfm

Research

1.	Noninvasive Diagnosis of Biliary Disease American College of Physicians http://www.annals.org/cgi/content/full/139/7/I-32




2.	What's New in Bile Duct Cancer Research and T American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_6X_Whats_new_in_bile_duct...

Specific Conditions

1.	Primary Biliary Cirrhosis National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/primarybiliarycirrhosis/index...




2.	What Is Primary Biliary Cirrhosis (PBC)? American Liver Foundation http://www.liverfoundation.org/cgi-bin/dbs/articles.cgi?db=articles&uid=def...




3.	What Is Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis? American Liver Foundation http://www.liverfoundation.org/cgi-bin/dbs/articles.cgi?db=articles&uid=def...




4.	Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis National Digestive Diseases Information Clearinghouse http://digestive.niddk.nih.gov/ddiseases/pubs/primarysclerosingcholangitis/...




5.	Bile Reflux Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=AN00259

Statistics

1.	What Are the Key Statistics for Bile Duct Cancer? American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_1X_What_are_the_key_stati...

Treatment

1.	Radiation Therapy for Bile Duct Cancer American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_4X_Radiation_Therapy_69.a...




2.	Therapeutic Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancrea American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy http://www.askasge.org/pages/brochures/gea_ercp.cfm




3.	Common Bile Duct Exploration Cleveland Clinic Foundation http://www.clevelandclinic.org/health/health-info/docs/1700/1718.asp?index=...




4.	Surgery for Bile Duct Cancer American Cancer Society http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_4X_Surgery_69.asp?rnav=cr...