The LiverTox website is written to provide comprehensive and clear information on the hepatotoxicity of medications, herbals and nutritional supplements. Abbreviations are used in the text but kept at a minimum and limited largely to those that are common in clinical practice. The following abbreviations may be encountered in LiverTox, although abbreviations will generally be introduced before use in the text. Abbreviations that are not introduced before use include: (1) routes of medication administration [e.g., intravenous, or iv] and units of measure [e.g., gram, or g], which are indicated with an asterisk below; and, (2) selected abbreviations within reference annotations.
- AIDS
acquired immunodeficiency syndrome
- Alk P
alkaline phosphatase
- ALT
alanine aminotransferase
- Anti-HAV
antibody to hepatitis A virus
- Anti-HBc
antibody to hepatitis B core antigen
- Anti-HBe
antibody to hepatitis B e antigen
- Anti-HBs
antibody to hepatitis B surface antigen
- Anti-HCV
antibody to hepatitis C virus
- AST
aspartate aminotransferase
- BU
Bodansky Unit
- CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- CK
creatine kinase
- CMV
cytomegalovirus
- CT
computed tomography
- DILIN
Drug Induced Liver Injury Network
- EBV
Epstein-Barr virus
- ERCP
endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography
- ESR
erythrocyte sedimentation rate
- FDA
Food and Drug Administration
- GGT
gamma glutamyl transpeptidase
- HAV
hepatitis A virus
- HBV
hepatitis B virus
- HBeAg
hepatitis B e antigen
- HBsAg
hepatitis B surface antigen
- HCV
hepatitis C virus
- HDV
hepatitis D (delta) virus
- HEV
hepatitis E virus
- HIV
human immunodeficiency virus
- HSV
herpes simplex virus
- INR
international normalized ratio (of prothrombin time)
- KAU
King Armstrong Unit
- LDH
lactic dehydrogenase
- MRI
magnetic resonance imaging
- NIH
National Institutes of Health
- NLM
National Library of Medicine
- Protime
Prothrombin time
- RUCAM
Roussel Uclaf Causality Assessment Method
- UK
United Kingdom
- ULN
upper limit of the normal range
- US
United States
- WHO
World Health Organization
*Abbreviations that are not introduced before use.
- *g
gram
- *kg
kilogram
- *mg
milligram
- *µg
microgram
- *ng
nanogram
- *L
liter
- *dL
deciliter (100 mL)
- *mL
milliliter
- *µL
microliter
- *µmol
micromole
- *im
intramuscularly
- *iv
intravenously
- *sc
subcutaneously
- *U
Units
- *vs
versus
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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda (MD)
NLM Citation
LiverTox: Clinical and Research Information on Drug-Induced Liver Injury [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases; 2012-. Abbreviations Used In LiverTox.