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Liver fibrosis with methotrexate — an overestimated risk?

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A prospective study suggests that the risk of liver fibrosis with methotrexate treatment has been overestimated. The findings suggest the need to reconsider the intensive strategies and the screening tools that are recommended for monitoring liver fibrosis in patients receiving methotrexate.

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Fig. 1: Proposed relationship between methotrexate treatment and liver fibrosis.

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  1. Unidad de Gestión Clínica de Enfermedades Digestivas, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga-IBIMA-Plataforma BIONAND, Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Victoria, Universidad de Málaga, Malaga, Spain

    Raul J. Andrade

  2. Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBERehd), Madrid, Spain

    Raul J. Andrade

  3. Faculty of Medicine, University of Iceland, Reykjavík, Iceland

    Einar S. Björnsson

  4. Department of Gastroenterology, Landspitali University Hospital Reykjavík, Reykjavík, Iceland

    Einar S. Björnsson

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Andrade, R.J., Björnsson, E.S. Liver fibrosis with methotrexate — an overestimated risk?. Nat Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol 20, 347–348 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41575-023-00782-3

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