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Gadolinium injection used to get a better MRI image can cause a rare disease known as nephrogenic fibrosing dermopathy (NFD) or nephrogenic systemic fibrosis (NSF) in people with kidney problems. NFD/NSF: What Are The Symptoms? Patients with NSF describe swelling and tightening of the skin, usually limited to the arms and legs but sometimes involving the trunk of the body. The condition may develop over a period of days to several ...

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WASHINGTON — People who die of swine flu contract a "rapidly fatal" form of the disease and tend to die of lung injury, although it strikes different people in different ways, an autopsy study showed Thursday. In the first study of its kind, researchers in Brazil examined 21 patients aged one to 68 who died in Sao Paulo with confirmed (A)H1N1 infections in July and August. All 21 patients "presented a progressive and rapidly fatal form ...

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