CHINA LAUNCHES WEBSITE TO MONITOR DRUG INDUCED LIVER INJURY
August 1st, 2014
CHINA HAS recently launched its first website for drug-induced liver injuries, ‘Hepatox’ (www.hepatox.org). Managed by China’s Renji Hospital of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, 'Hepatox' is similar to the US LiverTox. It will provide a database, where medical professionals can report and find a huge number of reported cases to study and use in further research and development for liver disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment.According to the Chinese Medical Association (CMA) the major cause for acute drug-induced liver injury in the country are ...
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