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➤ Gd-(DTPA) is recommended to be used in the range of 0.025 - 0.3 mmol/kg body weight.

➤ It is used in medical diagnostics, in particular in MRI.

➤ In electrophysiology research, it is used to creating obstruction of sodium leakage channels and increasing the volume of ion channels in cellular structures.

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➤ Anaphylaxis or rare but serious complications in the form of HNSF.

➤ There is no specific antidote.

➤ Gadolinium was named in honor of scientist Johan Gadolin, a first in the history of science.

➤ The ¹⁵⁷Gd isotope is a "record holder" for thermal neutron capture, which allows for control of the nuclear chain process.

➤ It has high ferromagnetic properties.

➤ When the compound is demagnetized, it cools to a temperature below absolute zero by 0.001°.

➤ Luminescence with Gd oxysulfide produces contrasting X-ray images.