Gadolinium deposition within the dentate nucleus and globus pallidus after repeated administrations of gadolinium-based contrast agents—current status

Neuroradiology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 433-441

  Stojanov, Dragan ^a,b   Aracki Trenkic, Aleksandra ^b   Benedeto Stojanov, Daniela ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NI   (Serbia)

^b CLINICAL CENTER NIS   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Contrast media; Dentate nucleus; Gadolinium deposition; Globus pallidus; Magnetic resonance imaging

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM; CONTRAST MEDIUM;

CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DENTATE NUCLEUS; DRUG SAFETY; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMAN; KIDNEY DYSFUNCTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEPHROGENIC SYSTEMIC FIBROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CEREBELLUM NUCLEUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; DRUG EFFECTS; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; METABOLISM; NEUROIMAGING; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; REPRODUCIBILITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; CEREBELLAR NUCLEI; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTRAST MEDIA; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; GADOLINIUM; GLOBUS PALLIDUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; METABOLIC CLEARANCE RATE; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; NEUROIMAGING; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84957943846     PISSN: 00283940     EISSN: 14321920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00234-016-1658-1     Document Type: Review

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