Laser-Raman microprobe identification of inclusions in capsules associated with silicone gel breast implants

Modern Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 714-721

  Centeno, José A ^a   Mullick, Florabel G ^a   Panos, Reed G ^b   Miller, Frederick W ^c   Valenzuela Espinoza, Alfonso ^d  

^a ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b NAVAL MEDICAL CENTER SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c CENTER FOR BIOLOGICS EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^d Hospital General de Tijuana   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Breast implants; Capsular tissues; Foreign materials; Raman microprobe; Silicone gel

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DACRON; DIMETICONE; OXYGEN; SILICONE; TALC;

ARTICLE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CELL INCLUSION; DACRON IMPLANT; FOREIGN BODY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LASER; LIGHT SCATTERING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SILICONE PROSTHESIS;

BREAST; BREAST IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCLUSION BODIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SILICONE GELS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN;

EID: 0032818294     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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