Self-reported diseases and symptoms by rupture status among unselected Danish women with cosmetic silicone breast implants

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 723-732

  Hölmich, Lisbet R ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h,i}   Kjøller, Kim ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Fryzek, Jon P ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Høier Madsen, Mimi ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Vejborg, Ilse ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Conrad, Carsten ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Sletting, Susanne ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   McLaughlin, Joseph K ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Breiting, Vibeke ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}   Friis, Søren ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h}  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^e Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^f NORTH DENMARK REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h Holte Clinic of Plastic Surgery   (Denmark)

ⁱ INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; AUTOANTIBODY; CARDIOLIPIN ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR; SILICON;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT RUPTURE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RUPTURE; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BREAST IMPLANTS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; EQUIPMENT FAILURE ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; RUPTURE, SPONTANEOUS; SILICONE GELS;

EID: 0037312311     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PRS.0000041442.53735.F8     Document Type: Article

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