Breast prostheses and Connective Tissue Disease (CTD): Myth or reality?

Aesthetic Plastic Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 257-263

  Bassetto, F ^a   Vindigni, V ^a   Scarpa, Carlotta ^a   Doria, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast; Connective disease; Silicone implant

Indexed keywords

BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; STATISTICS;

BREAST IMPLANTS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASES; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77953023581     PISSN: 0364216X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00266-009-9422-0     Document Type: Review

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