Causality assessment: Which is best-expert opinion or RUCAM?

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

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Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed.

1. Model of baseline clinicopathological features predicts non-resolution of drug-induced liver injury at 6 months.Hepatology international · 2025
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2. Methods for causality assessment of idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury.Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver · 2025
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3. Probable Enoxaparin-Induced Liver Injury in a Young Patient: A Case Report of a Diagnostic Challenge.Cureus · 2023
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4. Hepatobiliary Events in Migraine Therapy with Herbs-The Case of Petadolex, A Petasites Hybridus Extract.Journal of clinical medicine · 2019
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5. The Development of a Database for Herbal and Dietary Supplement Induced Liver Toxicity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2018
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6. Heavy Consumption of Alcohol is Not Associated With Worse Outcomes in Patients With Idiosyncratic Drug-induced Liver Injury Compared to Non-Drinkers.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2018
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7. Low risk of hepatotoxicity from rifampicin when used for cholestatic pruritus: a cross-disease cohort study.Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics · 2018
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8. Agreement Among Different Scales for Causality Assessment in Drug-Induced Liver Injury.Clinical drug investigation · 2018
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9. Associations of Drug Lipophilicity and Extent of Metabolism with Drug-Induced Liver Injury.International journal of molecular sciences · 2017
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10. Drug-induced liver injury: Do we know everything?World journal of hepatology · 2017
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11. Drug-Induced Liver Injury: Highlights from a Review of the 2015 Literature.Drug safety · 2016
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12. Herbal hepatotoxicity in traditional and modern medicine: actual key issues and new encouraging steps.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2015
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Corrections and comments

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Authors and funding

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Abstract

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