Serologic evaluation of women exposed to breast implants

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 1523-1530

  Karlson, E W ^a   Lee, I M ^a   Cook, N R ^a   Buring, J E ^a   Hennekens, C H ^a   Bloch, K J ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Antinuclear antibodies; Breast implants; Connective tissue disease; Serologic markers

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C3; COMPLEMENT COMPONENT C4; PARAPROTEIN; SILICONE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; SCL 70 ANTIGEN, HUMAN; SILICONE DERIVATIVE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SS A ANTIBODIES; SS-A ANTIBODIES;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE MARKER; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROLOGY; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMUNOLOGY; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RANDOMIZATION;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; BREAST IMPLANTS; COHORT STUDIES; COMPLEMENT C3; COMPLEMENT C4; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; SEROEPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; SILICONES;

EID: 0034743295     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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