Analysis of breast implant capsular tissue for crystalline silica and other refractile phases

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1273-1276

  Pasteris, Jill D ^b   Wopenka, Brigitte ^b   Freeman, John J ^b   Young, V Leroy ^a   Brandon, Harold J ^b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MICROANALYSIS; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECTROSCOPY; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0033014682     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199904010-00028     Document Type: Article

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