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Facts about its aetiology are hard to encounter but might include genetic, developmental, exposure to an environmental toxin, or perinatal virus infection. However, the cholestatic injury triggers an intrahepatic fibrotic process beginning at birth and culminating in cirrhosis some months later. Affected infants present with a triad of conjugated jaundice, pale stools, and dark urine and may have hepatosplenomegaly upon examination, with later ascites coincident with the onset of progressive liver disease. Rapid, efficient, and expeditious diagnosis is essential with the initial treatment being surgical, typically with an attempt to restore the bile flow (Kasai portoenterostomy (KPE)) or primary liver transplantation (&lt;5%) if considered futile. Failure to restore bile drainage or the onset of complications such as recurrent cholangitis, treatment-resistant varices, ascites, hepatopulmonary syndrome, and occasionally malignant change are usually managed by secondary liver transplantation. 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