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ReviewLiver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver2025

Methods for causality assessment of idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury.

Miren García-Cortés, Gonzalo Matilla-Cabello, M Isabel Lucena

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Review in Liver international : official journal of the International Association for the Study of the Liver, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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  7. 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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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Miren García-CortésServicios de Aparato Digestivo y Farmacología Clínica, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga y Plataforma en Nanomedicina-IBIMA, Plataforma BIONAND, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-0410-8273
Gonzalo Matilla-CabelloServicios de Aparato Digestivo y Farmacología Clínica, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga y Plataforma en Nanomedicina-IBIMA, Plataforma BIONAND, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8295-6708
M Isabel LucenaServicios de Aparato Digestivo y Farmacología Clínica, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga y Plataforma en Nanomedicina-IBIMA, Plataforma BIONAND, Universidad de Málaga, Málaga, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-9586-4896

Funding

Agencia Estatal de Investigación PID2022-140169OB-C21Instituto de Salud Carlos III PI21/01248Instituto de Salud Carlos III PT23/00137Ministerio de Ciencia, Innovación y Universidades FPU22/03868
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The diagnosis of idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is a challenging task due to the lack of specific features or definitive diagnostic tools. A minimum of clinical and pharmacological information is required, together with laboratory and imaging tests to exclude other causes of liver injury. Several standardized methods have been developed to support clinical judgement and establish causality assessment, the most widely used being the Roussel Uclaf Causality Assessment Method-RUCAM-and structured Expert Opinion. More recently, an evidence-based, revised RUCAM, Electronic Causality Assessment Method-RECAM-has been developed and, although still a work in progress, may replace RUCAM scoring in the future. International collaborative networks and ongoing research efforts are key to advancing biomarker qualification and validation and developing new in vitro patient-based methods that will help improve DILI diagnosis and move towards a personalized medicine approach.

Indexed as

Chemical and Drug Induced Liver InjuryBiomarkersHumansBiomarkerscausality assessment methodshepatotoxicityidiosyncratic drug‐induced liver injuryRECAMRUCAMstructured expert opinion

Identifiers

PMID39166347
PMCPMC11815608

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