Phenotype of lymphocytes associated with the inflammatory reaction to silicone gel breast implants

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 156-161

  Katzin, William E ^a,b   Feng, Lu Jean ^a,b   Abbuhl, Mary ^a   Klein, Mary Ann ^a  

^a Mt Sinai Medical Center Cleveland   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; HLA DR ANTIGEN; SILICONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST PROSTHESIS; FEMALE; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; T LYMPHOCYTE;

EID: 0029862908     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/cdli.3.2.156-161.1996     Document Type: Article

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