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Clin Liver Dis
; 21(1): 35-54, 2017 02.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27842774
ABSTRACT
Drug-induced hepatotoxicity (DIH) is a significant cause of acute liver failure and liver transplantation. Diagnosis is challenging due to the idiosyncratic nature, its presentation in the form of other liver disease, and the lack of a definite diagnostic criteria. Generation of reactive metabolites, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial dysfunction are common mechanisms involved in DIH. Certain risk factors associated with a drug and within an individual further predispose patients to DIH.