Nanobacteria and breast implant capsule contracture and calcification: A hypothesis [1]

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 582-

  Gundeslioglu, Ozlem ^a   Altundag, Ozden ^a   Altundag, Kadri ^a,b  

^a Faculty of Medicine ^*

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMATERIAL; CALCIUM; MINERAL; PHOSPHATE;

ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOFILM; BIOMINERALIZATION; BREAST AUGMENTATION; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; FIBROBLAST; HYPOTHESIS; LETTER; MUSCLE CONTRACTURE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE CALCIFICATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

BREAST; BREAST IMPLANTS; CALCINOSIS; CONTRACTURE; HUMANS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS;

EID: 29744461726     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-005-0094-0     Document Type: Letter

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