Neurologic disease among women with breast implants

Neurology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 951-955

  Winther, J F ^a   Bach, F W ^c   Friis, S ^a   Blot, W J ^b   Mellemkjaer L ^a   Kjoller K ^a   Hogsted C ^a   McLaughlin, J K ^b   Olsen, J H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Box 839 ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST REDUCTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SILICONE PROSTHESIS;

EID: 0031900880     PISSN: 00283878     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1212/WNL.50.4.951     Document Type: Article

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