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State of Practice: ASNR Statement on Gadolinium-Based Contrast Agent Use in Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease

Kirk M. Welker, David Joyner, Anthony W. Kam, David S. Liebeskind, Amit M. Saindane, Colin Segovis, Noushin Yahyavi-Firouz-Abadi and John E. Jordan
American Journal of Neuroradiology February 2025, 46 (2) 227-230; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3174/ajnr.A8501
Kirk M. Welker
aFrom the Department of Radiology (K.M.W.), Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota
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David Joyner
bDepartment of Radiology and Medical Imaging (D.J.), University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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Anthony W. Kam
cDepartment of Radiology (A.W.K.), Loyola University Medical Center, Maywood, Illinois
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David S. Liebeskind
dDepartment of Neurology (D.S.L.), University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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Amit M. Saindane
eDepartment of Radiology and Imaging Sciences (A.M.S., C.S.), Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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Colin Segovis
eDepartment of Radiology and Imaging Sciences (A.M.S., C.S.), Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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Noushin Yahyavi-Firouz-Abadi
fDepartment of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine (N.Y.-F.-A.), University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland
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John E. Jordan
gDepartment of Radiology (J.E.J.), Providence Little Company of Mary Medical Center, Torrance, California
hChair ASNR Standards and Guidelines Committee (J.E.J.)
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