Connective-tissue disease following breast augmentation: A preliminary test of the human adjuvant disease hypothesis

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 1988, Pages 626-630

  Weisman, Michael H ^a,b   Vecchione, Thomas R ^a,b   Albert, Daniel ^a,b   Moore, Lawrence T ^a,b   Mueller, Mary Rose ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SURGERY;

ADULT; BREAST; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMAN; JOINT DISEASES; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SURGERY, PLASTIC;

EID: 0023710544     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-198810000-00011     Document Type: Article

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