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Old 01-31-2008, 01:23 AM
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Note that the pathology described OFTEN cannot be seen on MRI or other imaging. The tests we have available are not definitive answers, they are only pieces of the puzzle and no test should be relied on exclusively to rule in or rule out a problem.

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