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Imaging Features of Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease
Published on: June 16, 2020
Gadolinium-associated nephrogenic systemic fibrosis
June M McKoy1, Anne Laumann, Athena Samaras
1The Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL.
Abstract:
The authors explain why physicians should refrain from ordering MRIs for patients with renal dysfunction unless the test is essential to provide diagnostic information. A possibly class-wide toxicity from the contrast agent gadolinium has been reported.
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