Mirror, mirror on the wall: Hypercalcemia as a consequence of modern cosmetic treatment with liquid silicone

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Schanz, Jurik ^a   Flux, Katharina ^a   Kircher, Claudia ^a   Tsioga, Maria ^a   Hartschuh, Wolfgang ^a   Nawroth, Peter P ^a   Rudofsky, Gottfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Granulomatous inflammation; Hypercalcemia; Silicone; Ultrasound treatment

Indexed keywords

COSMETIC; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE; PREDNISOLONE; SILICONE;

AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CASE REPORT; ERYTHEMA; ESTHETIC SURGERY; FACE EDEMA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GRANULOMATOUS INFLAMMATION; HUMAN; HYPERCALCEMIA; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WRINKLE;

EID: 84856996206     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/msm.882450     Document Type: Article

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