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Have a lot of ms symptoms. dr did eeg and was fine. sending me for mri limited. will limited pick up ms?
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Usual approach: Do not really understand what is meant by "limited" MRI, or are you saying that no contrast injection will be used? Best approach is MRI of brain, but some cases require additional spinal MRI for confirmation.
Answered 5/13/2016
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