Silicone breast implants and neurologic disorders: Report of the Practice Committee of the American Academy of Neurology

Neurology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1504-1507

  Ferguson, John H ^a  

^a AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE ANTIBODY; GANGLIOSIDE GM1;

ANTIBODY TITER; AUTOIMMUNITY; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; REVIEW; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SYNDROME;

EID: 0030815963     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.48.6.1504     Document Type: Review

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