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Gadolinium Summary
1,327 words, approx. 4 pages
Gadolinium Symbol Gd Atomic Number 64 Atomic Mass 157.25 Family Lanthanide (Rare Earth Metal) Pronunciation gad-uh-LIN-ee-um Overview Gadolinium was named for Finnish chemist Johan Gadolin (1760-1852). Gadolin served for many years as professor of...
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Gadolinium Summary
338 words, approx. 1 pages
Gadolinium is a rare earth element, one of the elements that occurs in Row 6 of the periodic table between barium (atomic number 56) and hafnium (atomic number 72). Its atomic number is 64, its atomic mass is 157.25, and its chemical symbol is Gd....
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Gadolinium Summary
331 words, approx. 1 pages
Gadolinium is a metal element that has a silvery luster with a pale, yellowish cast. Its atomic number is 64, atomic weight, 157.25, atomic symbol, Gd, melting point, 2,395.4 °F (1,313°C), and boiling point, 5,923.4°F (3,273°C). The...
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Gadolinium Information
1,927 words, approx. 6 pages
Gadolinium (pronounced /ˌgædəˈlɪniəm/) is a chemical element that has the symbol Gd and atomic number...


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Dermatology Times
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12/01/2006: 779 words, approx. 3 pages
Study finds contrast agent in NSF patients' tissues National report - A pilot study has identified gadolinium within the soft tissues of patients with nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF), formerly known as nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy. This finding lends strong support to the suspected...
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Skin & Allergy News
Boxed warning: renal fibrosis risk with gadolinium contrast agents.(News)
07/01/2007: 426 words, approx. 1 pages
The Food and Drug Administration has requested that a boxed warning explaining the increased risk of nephrogenic systemic fibrosis in patients with renal insufficiency be added to the labels of gadolinium-based contrast agents, according to an alert posted on the agency's MedWatch Web site....
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Formulary
Oral fingolimod demonstrates reduced MS activity at end of 1- and 2-year treatment periods
1/1/2007: 857 words, approx. 3 pages
Fingolimid, an investigational oral agent, significantly reduces disease activity and the number of relapses among patients with relapsing multiple sclerosis (MS), according to phase 2 results presented at the 131st Annual Meeting of the American Neurological Association in Chicago, Ill. The sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor modulator...
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Kidney patients at risk from MRI dye
2/23/2007: 294 words, approx. 1 pages
Federal health officials are warning doctors that certain types of metallic dye injected for MRI scans have been linked to a rare and dangerous skin disease in kidney patients.More than two dozen dialysis patients in St. Louis over a four-year period contracted the unusual skin...
 


 

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