Many babies are "jaundiced" in the first few days of life, but usually the yellow discoloration of the skin and eyes disappears quickly as the liver adjusts to its new metabolic work load. William Lewis, born last Oct. 10 in New York City, was a rare example of a far more serious condition. His complexion remained abnormal. Even more frightening, his stools and urine indicated that he suffered from an inborn defect, biliary atresia—the absence or severe underdevelopment of tiny bile ducts emerging from the liver. William's case proved to be unusual in...
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