Diseases

Chronic Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury

Liver disease lasting six months or more, caused by an adverse effect of a drug or chemical. The adverse effect may be caused by drugs, drug metabolites, chemicals from the environment, or an idiosyncratic response.

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Structured Summary

Abstract

Liver disease lasting six months or more, caused by an adverse effect of a drug or chemical. The adverse effect may be caused by drugs, drug metabolites, chemicals from the environment, or an idiosyncratic response.

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Synonyms

12 entry terms
  • Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury, Chronic
  • Chemical-Induced Liver Injury, Chronic
  • Chemically-Induced Liver Injury, Chronic
  • Chronic Drug-Induced Liver Injury
  • Drug-Induced Liver Injury, Chronic
  • Hepatitis, Chronic, Drug-Induced
  • Hepatitis, Chronic, Drug-Related
  • Liver Injury, Drug-Induced, Chronic
  • Chemical Induced Liver Injury, Chronic
  • Chemically Induced Liver Injury, Chronic
  • Chronic Drug Induced Liver Injury
  • Drug Induced Liver Injury, Chronic

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Aspects Covered

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 drug /adv eff /pois or/ tox

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History Note

2018; was DRUG-INDUCED LIVER INJURY, CHRONIC 2010-2017; for HEPATITIS, CHRONIC, DRUG-INDUCED use HEPATITIS, CHRONIC, DRUG-INDUCED 1998-2009

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Previous Indexing

  • Liver Diseases/chemically induced (1985-2009)

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  1. C06w.552w.100w.200
  2. C23.550.291.500w.266
  3. C25.100w.562w.200
  4. C25.723.260w.200

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NLM Classification

WI 710

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Chronic Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D056487. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D056487
  2. Chronic Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10294943