Silicone and scleroderma revisited

Lupus

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 121-127

  Lidar, M ^a   Agmon Levin, N ^a   Langevitz, P ^a   Shoenfeld, Y ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

adjuvant; ASIA; autoimmunity; scleroderma; silicone

Indexed keywords

SILICONE;

ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE; AUTOIMMUNE SYNDROME INDUCED BY ADJUVANT; AUTOIMMUNITY; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CONNECTIVE TISSUE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RARE DISEASE; SCLERODERMA; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SYSTEMIC DISEASE;

AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES; AUTOIMMUNITY; BREAST IMPLANTS; CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; RISK FACTORS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SILICONES;

EID: 84855779386     PISSN: 09612033     EISSN: 14770962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0961203311430703     Document Type: Article

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