15.12.2006 | Erratum
Spurious hypocalcemia caused
by interference of MR contrast agents
with serum calcium colorimetric
measurement technique
verfasst von:
M. Nguyen, C. Klassen, K. Kareti, O. Batmunh, A. Siuciak, N. Wilke
Erschienen in:
European Radiology Supplements
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Excerpt
During preparation of the manuscript for publication, it was discovered that the large patient database, which formed the basis for the findings we presented at ECR 2006 [as published in abstract B058 Section: B – Scientific Sessions, page 150], inadvertently included an undetermined number of patients who did not receive any contrast. In our analysis, it was assumed that all patients received either Gd-DTPA (Magnevist®) or Gd-DTPABMA (Omniscan®). However, in both groups some patients received no contrast in conjunction with their MRI exam. As a result of this error, which became known only after the abstract was published, we believe that our findings and conclusions as reported in the abstract need to be re-evaluated. …
