Development of polyarthritis after insertion of silicone breast implants followed by remission after implant removal in 2 HLA-identical sisters bearing rheumatoid arthritis susceptibility genes

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 1838-1841

  Meier, Lothar G ^a,d   Barthel, H Richard ^b   Seidl, Christian ^c  

^a Rheumaklinik Wiesbaden   (Germany)

^b Arthritis Institute   (United States)

^c Blutspendedienst Hessen des DRK   (Germany)

^d NONE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoimmune disease; Breast implant; HLA; Rheumatoid arthritis; Silicone

Indexed keywords

C REACTIVE PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CASE REPORT; COMPLICATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HLA SYSTEM; HUMAN; JOINT RADIOGRAPHY; POLYARTHRITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; ARTHROGRAPHY; BRAIN DISEASES; BREAST IMPLANTS; FEMALE; FINGER JOINT; GENES, MHC CLASS II; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HLA-DQ ANTIGENS; HLA-DR ANTIGENS; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; MIDDLE AGED; REOPERATION; SILICONES; SYNOVITIS; WRIST JOINT;

EID: 0030771408     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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