Silicon tissue assays in nonaugmented cadaveric patients: Is there a baseline level?

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1994, Pages 1117-1122

  Evans, Gregory R D ^a   Slezak, Sheri ^b   Rieters, Michael ^b   Bercowy, Gregory M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSAY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST PROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; TISSUE LEVEL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CADAVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PROSTHESES AND IMPLANTS; REFERENCE VALUES; SILICON; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0028021848     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199405000-00001     Document Type: Article

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