Comparison of Liver Biopsy Findings with the Digestive Disease Week Japan 2004 Scale for Diagnosis of Drug-Induced Liver Injury

• Main Authors: Akemi Tsutsui (Author), Yasuni Nakanuma (Author), Kouichi Takaguchi (Author), Satoko Nakamura (Author), Hiroshi Shibata (Author), Nobuyuki Baba (Author), Tomonori Senoh (Author), Takuya Nagano (Author), Hiroko Ikeda (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Hindawi Limited, 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The liver biopsy remains a valuable tool in the diagnosis of drug-induced liver injury (DILI). The Digestive Disease Week Japan 2004 (DDW-J) scale proposed as an objective tool for the diagnosis of DILI has been widely used in Japan. So far, the histological features have not been compared with DDW-...