Silicon and silicone levels in patients with silicone implants

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 210, Issue , 1996, Pages 31-48

  Peters, W ^a   Smith, D ^b   Lugowski, S ^b   McHugh, A ^b   MacDonald, P ^b   Baines, C ^b  

^a ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON; SILICONE;

ADULT; AUTOIMMUNITY; BREAST PROSTHESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; TISSUE LEVEL;

BREAST IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; SILICON; SILICONES;

EID: 0030058962     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-85226-8_4     Document Type: Article

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