Lack of association between augmentation mammoplasty and systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)

Arthritis and Rheumatism

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 1125-1131

  Hochberg, Marc C ^a   Perlmutter, Donna L ^a   Medsger Jr , Thomas A ^b   Nguyen, Katherine ^c   Steen, Virginia ^b   Weisman, Michael H ^c   White, Barbara ^a   Wigley, Fredrick M ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST IMPLANTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; RISK FACTORS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SILICONES;

EID: 0029999820     PISSN: 00043591     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/art.1780390708     Document Type: Article

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