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Hepatotoxicity by Drugs: The Most Common Implicated Agents by Bjornsson, Einar S

“…Idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is an underreported and underestimated adverse drug reaction. Information on the documented hepatotoxicity of…”
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Categorization of drugs implicated in causing liver injury: Critical assessment based on published case reports by Björnsson, Einar S., Hoofnagle, Jay H.

“…An important element in assessing causality in drug‐induced liver injury is whether the implicated agent is known to cause hepatotoxicity. We classified drugs…”
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Hepatotoxicity of statins and other lipid‐lowering agents by Bjornsson, Einar S

“…Statins are generally well tolerated and adverse effects are relatively rare. Clinical trials are underpowered to detect uncommon adverse effects such as…”
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EASL Clinical Practice Guidelines: Drug-induced liver injury by Andrade, Raúl J., Aithal, Guruprasad P., Björnsson, Einar S., Kaplowitz, Neil, Kullak-Ublick, Gerd A., Larrey, Dominique, Karlsen, Tom H.

“…Idiosyncratic (unpredictable) drug-induced liver injury is one of the most challenging liver disorders faced by hepatologists, because of the myriad of drugs…”
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Drug-Induced Liver Injury — Types and Phenotypes by Hoofnagle, Jay H, Björnsson, Einar S

“…The liver has a range of responses to drug-induced injury, with a number of phenotypes. In addition, idiosyncratic reactions may occur as a consequence of both…”
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Editorial: Plants against animals by Björnsson, Einar S.

“…LINKED CONTENT This article is linked to Choi et al paper. To view this article, visit https://doi.org/10.1111/apt.18116…”
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Drug-induced liver injury due to antibiotics by Björnsson, Einar S.

“…Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is an important differential diagnosis in patients with abnormal liver tests and normal hepatobiliary imaging. Of all known…”
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Drug-induced liver injury: an overview over the most critical compounds by Bjornsson, Einar S

“…There has been a substantial interest in drug-induced liver injury (DILI) recently. National Institutes of Health has sponsored a multicenter study in the USA…”
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Long-term sequelae of drug-induced liver injury by Björnsson, Einar S., Andrade, Raul J.

“…Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) has a very variable clinical and biochemical phenotype and differs widely in severity, from mild injury to life-threatening…”
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Epidemiology, Predisposing Factors, and Outcomes of Drug-Induced Liver Injury by Björnsson, Einar S.

“…Idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is an underreported and underestimated adverse drug reaction. A recent population-based study found a crude…”
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Liver injury associated with the analgetic drug metamizole by Björnsson, Einar S.

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The Safe Use of Analgesics in Patients with Cirrhosis: A Narrative Review by Ma, Jiayi, Björnsson, Einar Stefán, Chalasani, Naga

“…Pain is prevalent in patients with cirrhosis. Due to potential alterations in drug metabolism, risk for adverse effects, and complications from cirrhosis,…”
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Liver Injury Associated with the Selective Progesterone Modulator Ulipristal by Björnsson, Einar S.

“…In one population-based study in Iceland, DILI occurred in 1 of 2350 users of amoxicillin-clavulanate [14]. [...]the clinical trials with UPA were obviously…”
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Incidence, Presentation, and Outcomes in Patients With Drug-Induced Liver Injury in the General Population of Iceland by Björnsson, Einar S, Bergmann, Ottar M, Björnsson, Helgi K, Kvaran, Runar B, Olafsson, Sigurdur

“…Background & Aims Little is known about the incidence of drug-induced liver injury (DILI) in the general population. We investigated the incidence and the…”
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Epidemiology and risk factors for idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury by Björnsson, Einar S

“…Idiosyncratic drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is, like other adverse effects of drugs, underreported and underestimated in most epidemiological studies based…”
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Drug-induced liver injury by Andrade, Raul J., Chalasani, Naga, Björnsson, Einar S., Suzuki, Ayako, Kullak-Ublick, Gerd A., Watkins, Paul B., Devarbhavi, Harshad, Merz, Michael, Lucena, M. Isabel, Kaplowitz, Neil, Aithal, Guruprasad P.

“…Drug-induced liver injury (DILI) is an adverse reaction to drugs or other xenobiotics that occurs either as a predictable event when an individual is exposed…”
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Infliximab-induced liver injury: Clinical phenotypes, autoimmunity and the role of corticosteroid treatment by Björnsson, Helgi Kristinn, Gudbjornsson, Bjorn, Björnsson, Einar Stefan

“…Infliximab has been associated with drug-induced liver injury (DILI), particularly drug-induced autoimmune hepatitis (DIAIH). DIAIH is commonly treated with…”
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Clinical management of patients with drug‐induced liver injury (DILI) by Björnsson, Einar S.

“…Drug‐induced liver injury (DILI) should be considered in all patients with recent elevation of liver tests without obvious etiology and normal hepatobiliary…”
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Liver fibrosis with methotrexate — an overestimated risk? by Andrade, Raul J., Björnsson, Einar S.

“…A prospective study suggests that the risk of liver fibrosis with methotrexate treatment has been overestimated. The findings suggest the need to reconsider…”
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Drug-Induced Liver Injury due to Biologics and Immune Check Point Inhibitors by Bessone, Fernando, Björnsson, Einar S.

“…Biological agents have in the last two decades become very important therapeutic agents, particularly for the treatment of various autoimmune disorders. The…”
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