Lipid infiltration as a possible biologic cause of silicone gel breast implant aging

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 64-68

  Adams Jr , William P ^b   Robinson Jr , Jack B ^a   Rohrich, Rod J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID; SILASTIC; SILICONE;

ARTICLE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RUPTURE; SILICONE PROSTHESIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

BREAST IMPLANTATION; BREAST IMPLANTS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIPIDS; PROSTHESIS FAILURE; RUPTURE; SILICONE ELASTOMERS;

EID: 0345647084     PISSN: 00321052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006534-199801000-00011     Document Type: Article

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