Acute pneumonitis after subcutaneous injection of liquid silicone as a breast implant in a male-to-female transsexual [2];Neumonitis aguda tras la inyección subcutánea de silicona líquida para mamoplastia en un transexual

Archivos de Bronconeumologia

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 205-206

  Sanz Herrero, F ^a   De Casimiro Calabuig, E ^a   Lopez Miguel P ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILICON;

ANAMNESIS; BREAST RECONSTRUCTION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; PNEUMONIA; TRANSSEXUALISM;

EID: 33646519903     PISSN: 03002896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13086627     Document Type: Letter

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