Abstract
There has been much controversy about whether women with breast implants are at increased risk for autoimmune disease, particularly scleroderma [1–7]. Associations between breast implants and autoimmunity have been asserted [8–10] nd denied [11–14]. We performed a cross-sectional analysis of two cohorts of women with breast implants who considered themselves healthy together with suitable controls. A serum test for antinuclear antibodies (ANA) was the laboratory marker studied.
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Claman, H.N., Robertson, A.D. (1996). Antinuclear Antibodies in Apparently Healthy Women with Breast Implants. In: Potter, M., Rose, N.R. (eds) Immunology of Silicones. Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology, vol 210. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-85226-8_26
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