Silicone breast implants, auto antibodies and rheumatic diseases
Rev. bras. clín. ter
; 23(5): 198-200, set. 1997. tab
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| ID: lil-208241
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ABSTRACT
Objective:
Systematic prospective study in six hundred and nineteen symptomatic woman with breast implants.Methods:
To evaluate the symptoms and laboratory findings of patients with silicone breast implants.Results:
The majority of the patients in our study presented with the atypical rheumatic syndrome (74,9 percent). A few with so called silicone disease. Various auto antibodies were found sometimes more than one in close to ten percent of the patients analysed.Conclusions:
A systemic disease characterized by fatigue, cognitive dysfunction, muscle skeletal pain and the presence of auto antibodies in certain patients were observed in symptomatic brazilian woman with silicone breast implants.
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Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Silicones
/
Autoanticorpos
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Doenças Reumáticas
/
Implantes de Mama
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Rev. bras. clín. ter
Assunto da revista:
MEDICINA
/
TERAPEUTICA
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Article