NLM Resource Update: LiverTox

NLM Resource Update: LiverTox. NLM Tech Bull. 2015 Jan-Feb;(402):b3.

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The National Library of Medicine (NLM) LiverTox is a free Web site providing up-to-date, comprehensive,and unbiased information about drug-induced liver injury caused by prescription and nonprescription drugs, herbals, and dietary supplements.

LiverTox represents a collaborative effort by medical and scientific specialists to provide a central repository of clinical information in support of clinical and basic research on the prevention and control of drug-induced liver injury. The site also provides guidance to clinicians and healthcare providers on the diagnosis and management of this important cause of liver disease. LiverTox contains approximately 850 drug and herbal records.

Coming Soon

Look for these LiverTox updates in the coming months:

• Addition of about 100 new records
• New histopathologic imaging (microscopic structure of diseased tissue) from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) included in drug records
• Section providing public access to reference cases, initially populated with clinical cases from the Drug-Induced Liver Injury Network, a consortium of eight academic medical centers throughout the United States. This repository will allow for statistical analyses of trends in drug-induced liver disease, as well as better characterization of clinical patterns of injury.

LiverTox is a joint effort of the Liver Disease Research Branch of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and the Division of Specialized Information Services (SIS) of the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.