Breast implantation and the incidence of upper extremity somatic complaints

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 105-109

  Kulick, Michael ^a,b   Daneshmand, Hootan ^a  

^a Dept of Plast and Reconstr Surg Saint Francis Memorial Hospital ^*

^b Saint Francis Memorial Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast implant; Connective tissue disease; Extremity pain; Inflammation; Silicone

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; ANTISTREPTOLYSIN; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SILICONE;

ADULT; AGED; ARM DISEASE; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ERYTHROCYTE SEDIMENTATION RATE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICONE PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0030941123     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002669900093     Document Type: Article

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