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Review Article

Silicone Gel Breast Implants and Connective Tissue Disease—A Comprehensive Review

Eran Bar-Meira Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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Michael Eherenfeldb Department of Medicine C, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, Israel
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Yehuda Shoenfeldc Department of Medicine B & Center for Autoimmune Diseases, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, (Affiliated to Tel-Aviv University), Incumbent of the Laura Schwarz-Kipp, Chair for Research of Autoimmune Diseases, Tel-Aviv University, 52621, Tel-Hashomer, IsraelCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 193-197 | Received 25 Apr 2003, Accepted 28 Apr 2003, Published online: 07 Jul 2009

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