Adjuvancy effect of different types of silicone gel

Journal of Biomedical Materials Research

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 534-538

  Naim, John O ^a   Ippolito, K M L ^a   Van Oss, C J ^b  

^a ROCHESTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvants; Antibody response; Silicone gels; Water in oil emulsion

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODIES; ANTIGENS; BIOASSAY; EMULSIONS; GELS; IMMUNOLOGY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; SILICONES;

ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY (ELISA);

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL);

IMMUNOLOGICAL ADJUVANT; SILICONE;

ALLERGY TEST; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBODY RESPONSE; ANTIBODY TITER; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNITY; BREAST ENDOPROSTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED HYPERSENSITIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; RAT;

ADJUVANTS, IMMUNOLOGIC; ANIMALS; ANTIBODY FORMATION; ANTIGENS; BIOCOMPATIBLE MATERIALS; BREAST IMPLANTS; FEMALE; GELS; HUMANS; HYPERSENSITIVITY, DELAYED; IMMUNIZATION; MALE; MATERIALS TESTING; OVALBUMIN; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; SILICONES;

EID: 9844251765     PISSN: 00219304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-4636(19971215)37:4<534::AID-JBM12>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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