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Iodine-based contrast medium-induced Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) and Contrast-Induced Encephalopathy (CIE): advocating vigilance while challenging the dichotomy

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Abbreviations

CIE:

Contrast-Induced encephalopathy

CT:

Computed tomography

ET-1:

Endothelin-1

ICM:

Iodine-based contrast media

PRES:

Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome

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    Carlo A. Mallio

  2. Research Unit of Radiology, Department of Medicine and Surgery, Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma, Rome, Italy

    Carlo A. Mallio

  3. Department of Radiology, C-2S, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Aart J. van der Molen

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Mallio, C.A., van der Molen, A.J. Iodine-based contrast medium-induced Posterior Reversible Encephalopathy Syndrome (PRES) and Contrast-Induced Encephalopathy (CIE): advocating vigilance while challenging the dichotomy. Eur Radiol (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00330-024-10762-z

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