Women with silicone breast implants and unexplained systemic symptoms: A descriptive cohort study

Netherlands Journal of Medicine

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 534-540

  Maijers, M C ^a   de Blok, C J M ^a   Niessen, F B ^a   van der Veldt, A A M ^a   Ritt, M J P F ^a   Winters, H A H ^a   Kramer, M H H ^a   Nanayakkara, P W B ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Allergy; Autoimmune induced adjuvant disease (ASIA); Explantation; Silicone breast implants; Systemic symptoms

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; CD45 ANTIGEN; SILICONE;

ADJUVANT DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; ARTHRALGIA; ARTICLE; BREAST AUGMENTATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EXPLANT; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASTALGIA; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; MORNING STIFFNESS; MYALGIA; NEURASTHENIA; SILICONE BREAST IMPLANT; SKIN DISEASE; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891848208     PISSN: 03002977     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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