Diseases

Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury

A spectrum of clinical liver diseases ranging from mild biochemical abnormalities to ACUTE LIVER FAILURE, caused by drugs, drug metabolites, herbal and dietary supplements and chemicals from the environment.

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Abstract

A spectrum of clinical liver diseases ranging from mild biochemical abnormalities to ACUTE LIVER FAILURE, caused by drugs, drug metabolites, herbal and dietary supplements and chemicals from the environment.

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36 entry terms
  • Acute Liver Injury, Drug-Induced
  • Chemically-Induced Liver Toxicity
  • Drug-Induced Acute Liver Injury
  • Drug-Induced Liver Disease
  • Drug-Induced Liver Injury
  • Hepatitis, Drug-Induced
  • Hepatitis, Toxic
  • Liver Injury, Drug-Induced
  • Liver Injury, Drug-Induced, Acute
  • Toxic Hepatitis
  • Acute Liver Injury, Drug Induced
  • Chemically Induced Liver Toxicity
  • Chemically-Induced Liver Toxicities
  • Disease, Drug-Induced Liver
  • Diseases, Drug-Induced Liver
  • Drug Induced Acute Liver Injury
  • Drug Induced Liver Disease
  • Drug Induced Liver Injury
  • Drug-Induced Hepatitides
  • Drug-Induced Hepatitis
  • Drug-Induced Liver Diseases
  • Drug-Induced Liver Injuries
  • Hepatitides, Drug-Induced
  • Hepatitides, Toxic
  • Hepatitis, Drug Induced
  • Injuries, Drug-Induced Liver
  • Injury, Drug-Induced Liver
  • Liver Disease, Drug-Induced
  • Liver Diseases, Drug-Induced
  • Liver Injuries, Drug-Induced
  • Liver Injury, Drug Induced
  • Liver Toxicities, Chemically-Induced
  • Liver Toxicity, Chemically-Induced
  • Toxic Hepatitides
  • Toxicities, Chemically-Induced Liver
  • Toxicity, Chemically-Induced Liver

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34 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings blood, cerebrospinal fluid, classification, complications, congenital, diagnosis, diagnostic imaging, diet therapy, drug therapy, economics, embryology, enzymology, epidemiology, ethnology, etiology, genetics, history, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, mortality, nursing, parasitology, pathology, physiopathology, prevention & control, psychology, radiotherapy, rehabilitation, surgery, therapy, urine, veterinary, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

coordinate with specific substance /adv eff /pois or /tox; CHEMICAL AND DRUG INDUCED LIVER INJURY, CHRONIC is also available

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History Note

2017(2010)

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Previous Indexing

  • Liver Diseases/chemically induced (1973-2009)

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WI 710

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D056486. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D056486
  2. Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hepatotoxicity
  3. Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1349821