Autoantibodies in patients with silicone implants

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 210, Issue , 1996, Pages 277-282

  Bridges, A J ^a   Anderson, J D ^a   Burns, D E ^a   Kemple, K ^a   Kaplan, J D ^a   Lorden, T ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOANTIBODY; SILICONE;

ADULT; BREAST PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICONE PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0030032976     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-85226-8_28     Document Type: Conference Paper

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