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Bruno Beomonte Zobel1, Carlo Cosimo Quattrocchi2, Yuri Errante2
1Department of Medicine, Unit of Diagnostic Imaging, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, via Alvàro del Portillo 21, 00128, Rome, Italy. b.zobel@unicampus.it.
Abstract:
In the last 24 months, several clinical and experimental studies, suggested first and demonstrated later, a progressive concentration of Gadolinium in the brain of normal renal function patients, following repeated injections of some of the commercially approved Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agents. Although, till now, Gadolinium brain deposits have not been associated to any kind of neurological signs or symptoms, they oblige the radiology community to modify the actual approach in using Gadolinium contrast media in daily practice, to reduce unknown possible risks for patients.
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