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Old 11-23-2009, 08:21 PM   #14
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I agree Mike.

My supposition only arose that these rare occurrences often are referred to in times per 100,000 and in the more rare, times per million.

But of course we don't know how frequent the nightmare was or could be averted by this unknown "test".
the test performed was probably a functional MRI. Where tests can be administered to patient, and you can see what parts of the brain "light up".

As far as I know, they are not typically used for clinical purposes--usually just research purposes.
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