Silicone breast implants, auto antibodies and rheumatic diseases
Rev. bras. clín. ter
;
23(5): 198-200, set. 1997. tab
Article
in English
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| ID: lil-208241
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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Index:
LILACS (Americas)
Main subject:
Silicones
/
Autoantibodies
/
Rheumatic Diseases
/
Breast Implants
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Observational study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Adult
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Female
/
Humans
Language:
English
Journal:
Rev. bras. clín. ter
Journal subject:
Medicine
/
Therapeutics
Year:
1997
Type:
Article
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