Wednesday, May 23, 2007

MRI-enhancing agents need warning-U.S. FDA

(Reuters) - WASHINGTON, May 23 - Contrast agents used to make magnetic resonance imaging, or MRI, scans easier to see should carry new, strong warnings, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said on Wednesday.



The warning -- a "black box" -- would alert patients with certain kidney and liver conditions that they are at risk for a potentially fatal skin disease called nephrogenic systemic fibrosis, the agency said in a statement.


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