Silicon analysis of breast and periprosthetic capsular tissue from patients with saline or silicone gel breast implants

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 798-803

  Schnur, Paul L ^a   Weinzweig, Jeffrey ^a   Harris, John B ^a   Moyer, Thomas P ^a   Petty, Paul M ^a   Nixon, David ^a   McConnell, Joseph P ^a  

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; TISSUE LEVEL;

EID: 0029742178     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199610000-00007     Document Type: Article

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