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Warning about implanted neurological stimulators.(From the FDA)(magnetic resonance imaging)(Brief Article)

The Brown University Geriatric Psychopharmacology Update

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The FDA has received several reports of serious injury, including coma and permanent neurological impairment, resulting from MRI procedures carried out in patients with implanted neurological stimulators. These adverse events appear to be caused by heating of the electrodes at the end of the lead-wires causing ...

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