Silicon assays in women with and without silicone gel breast implants - A review

Annals of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 324-330

  Peters, Walter ^a   Smith, Dennis ^a   Lugowski, Stanley ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON; SILICONE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ASSAY; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERUM; SILICONE PROSTHESIS;

BREAST IMPLANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MILK, HUMAN; SILICON; SILICONE ELASTOMERS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032850545     PISSN: 01487043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000637-199909000-00020     Document Type: Review

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