Incidence of Isolated Biliary Atresia during the COVID Lockdown in Europe: Results from a Collaborative Project by RARE-Liver.
Mark NomdenNaved K AlizaiPietro BetalliJanneke L M BrugginkMara CananziVibeke Brix ChristensenLorenzo D'AntigaMark DavenportBjörn FischlerLuise HindemithMaria HukkinenLars S JohansenRuben H J de KleineOmid Madadi-SanjaniEvelyn G P OngMikko P PakarinenClaus PetersenMathias RuizMatthias SchunnEkkehard SturmHenkjan J VerkadeBarbara E WildhaberJan B F Hulschernull On Behalf Of Members Of The Biliary Atresia And Related Disorders Bard Community The Ern Ra-Re-LiverPublished in: Journal of clinical medicine (2023)
In this European study, a stricter COVID-lockdown was seemingly accompanied by a simultaneous larger decrease in the number of IBA patients born per month in the lockdown. Results should be interpreted with caution due to the assumptions and limitations of the analysis.