Antipolymer antibodies in Danish women with silicone breast implants

Journal of Long-Term Effects of Medical Implants

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 73-79

  Jensen, Bente ^a,b,f   Wittrup, Irene Hechmann ^a   Wiik, Allan ^c   Friis, Søren ^b   Bliddal, Henning ^a   Thomsen, Birthe ^b   McLaughlin, Joseph K ^d,e   Danneskiold Samsøe, Bente ^a   Olsen, Jørgen H ^b,e  

^a FREDERIKSBERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d INTERNATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e VANDERBILT INGRAM CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^f NONE   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breast implants; Silicone; Symptom severity

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; HOSPITALS; SILICONES; TISSUE; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

ANTIPOLYMER ANTIBODY (APA); SILICONE BREAST IMPLANTS (SBI);

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

ANTIBODY; ANTIPOLYMER ANTIBODY; SILICONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RHEUMATIC DISEASE; SILICONE PROSTHESIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES; BREAST IMPLANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RHEUMATIC DISEASES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SILICONE ELASTOMERS;

EID: 2542472304     PISSN: 10506934     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1615/JLongTermEffMedImplants.v14.i2.10     Document Type: Article

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