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. 2018 Jun 12;8(3):107–110. doi: 10.1080/20009666.2018.1468693
Cholestatic pattern of liver injury
  First
Exposure
Second Exposure Points
Time to onset of injury:
a. from the beginning of the drug
b. from cessation of the drug
5-90 days 1-15 days 2
<5 or >90 days >15 days 1
≤ 30 days ≤ 30 days 1
Risk factors Alcohol 1
Age > 55 1
Course of the reaction ≥ 50% improvement within 180 days 2
< 50% improvement within 180 days 1
Persistence or increase or lack of information 0
Concomitant therapy None 0
Suggestive to onset of injury -1
Known hepatotoxin with suggestive time to onset of injury -2
Clear evidence for its role -3
Other Causes Ruled out 2
Probable -3
Previous Hepatotoxicity Info Published and labelled 2
Published not labelled 1
Unknown 0
Response to reexposure Not done 0

Likelihoods:  >8 Highly probable,  6-8 Probable, 3-5 Possible, 1-2 unlikely, 0 excluded