European Journal of Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 1 , Pages 124-127 , July 2007

Frequency of referral of patients with safety-related contraindications to magnetic resonance imaging

  • Marc Dewey

      Affiliations

    • Departments of Radiology, Charité, Medical School, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Charité, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Radiologie, Charitéplatz 1, 10117 Berlin, Germany. Tel.: +49 30 4505 27296; fax: +49 30 4505 27996.
    • ,
  • Tania Schink

      Affiliations

    • Medical Biometry, Charité, Medical School, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
    • Tel.: +49 30 4505 62165.
    • ,
  • Charles F. Dewey

      Affiliations

    • Radiology, Outpatient Centre Löbau, Poststr. 20, 02738 Löbau, Germany
    • Tel.: +49 3585 80490.

Received 20 November 2006 ,Revised 19 January 2007 ,Accepted 24 January 2007.

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☆ This paper was presented in part in an abstract form at the conference of the Radiological Society of North America, Chicago; November 26 to December 1, 2006.

PII: S0720-048X(07)00048-4

doi: 10.1016/j.ejrad.2007.01.025

European Journal of Radiology
Volume 63, Issue 1 , Pages 124-127 , July 2007

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