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Posted by adamm (Member # 11910) on :
 
The gamma tracer doesn't have the potential to cause further damage, does it?

[ 05-04-2009, 01:04 PM: Message edited by: adamm ]
 
Posted by Buster (Member # 19472) on :
 
I've had it done and it didn't cause any ill effects on me.

It is not near as bad as the MRI machine, that's for sure.
 
Posted by adamm (Member # 11910) on :
 
So how many of you have exhibited actual brain atrophy on a scan? Is it less common than simple hypoperfusion, or is that just wishful thinking?
 
Posted by danielb (Member # 8522) on :
 
the radiotracer should be HMPAO not neurolite. neurolite might detect disruptions in perfusion from alzheimer's plaque, toxoplasmosis, shotgun wounds, not lyme.
 


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