Silicone breast implants: Correlation between implant ruptures, magnetic resonance spectroscopically estimated silicone presence in the liver, antibody status and clinical symptoms

Rheumatology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 129-135

  Gaubitz, M ^a   Jackisch, C ^a   Domschke, W ^a   Heindel, W ^a   Pfleiderer, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

MR spectroscopy; Rheumatic symptoms; Silicone implants

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; SILICONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY DETECTION; ANTIBODY SCREENING; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; GEL; HUMAN; LIVER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; SKIN TINGLING; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 0036113526     PISSN: 14620324     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/41.2.129     Document Type: Article

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