Silicone breast implants - Are they associated with connective tissue disease?: Part 5 of the 6-part series on current concepts in breast reconstruction

Current Surgery

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 430-436

  McFadden, Thomas C ^a   Hoffman, Mark G ^a   Robinson, David A ^a   Gutowski, Karol A ^a  

^a Dept Surg Div Plast Surg U ^*  (United States)

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EID: 0347770746     PISSN: 01497944     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0149-7944(01)00496-2     Document Type: Note

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