Lack of autoantibody expression in children born to mothers with silicone breast implants

Pediatrics

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 243-245

  Levine, Jeremiah J ^a   Lin, Hun Chi ^b   Rowley, Merrill ^c   Cook, Andrew ^c   Teuber, Suzanne S ^d   Ilowite, Norman T ^a  

^a SCHNEIDER CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Specialty Laboratories   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

autoantibodies; breastfeeding; children; implants; silicone

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; COLLAGEN TYPE 1; COLLAGEN TYPE 2; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; SILICONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODY PRODUCTION; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST PROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CHILD; ESOPHAGUS MOTILITY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCLERODERMA; SILICONE PROSTHESIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; AUTOANTIBODIES; BREAST IMPLANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; MALE; MOTHERS; PREGNANCY; SILICONES;

EID: 0030069144     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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