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
المكتبة المسؤولة:
BR33.1
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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الفهرس:
LILACS
الموضوع الرئيسي:
Silicones
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Autoantibodies
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Rheumatic Diseases
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Breast Implants
نوع الدراسة:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
المحددات:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
اللغة:
En
مجلة:
Rev. bras. clín. ter
موضوع المجلة:
MEDICINA
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TERAPEUTICA
السنة:
1997
نوع:
Article