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drug-induced hepatitis

Sunday 25 January 2004

drug hepatotoxicity, chemically induced hepatotoxicity

Exemples

 halothane halothane-induced hepatitis
 tienilic acid tienilic acid-induced hepatitis
 dihydralazine dihydralazine-induced hepatitis
 anticonvulsants anticonvulsant-induced hepatitis
 checkpoint inhibitor-induced hepatitis

According to lesional syndromes

 acute drug-induced hepatitis
 chronic drug-induced hepatitis
 cholestatic drug-induced hepatitis (see drug-induced cholestasis )

Differential diagnosis

  viral hepatitis

See also

 hepatitis / Hepatitis

References

 Histological patterns in drug-induced liver disease. Ramachandran R, Kakar S. J Clin Pathol. 2009 Jun;62(6):481-92. PMID: 19474352

 Kaplowitz N. Idiosyncratic drug hepatotoxicity. Nat Rev Drug Discov. 2005 Jun;4(6):489-99. PMID: 15931258

 Lee WM. Drug-induced hepatotoxicity. N Engl J Med. 2003 Jul 31;349(5):474-85. PMID: 12890847

 Mehendale HM, Roth RA, Gandolfi AJ, Klaunig JE, Lemasters JJ, Curtis LR. Novel mechanisms in chemically induced hepatotoxicity. FASEB J. 1994 Dec;8(15):1285-95. PMID: 8001741