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Defined Intestinal Regions Are Drained by Specific Lymph Nodes That Mount Distinct Th1 and Th2 Responses Against Eggs.
The balance of type 1 and type 2 immune responses plays a crucial role in anti-helminth immunity and can either support chronic infection or drive type 2 mediated expulsion of the parasite. Helminth antigens and secreted molecules directly …
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Breast implant adverse events during mammography: reports to the Food and Drug Administration.
[OBJECTIVE] To characterize reports of adverse events occurring during mammography to women with breast implants submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA). [METHODS] We searched the adverse events database for any report on silic…
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Replacement surgery and silicone gel breast implant rupture: self-report by women after mammoplasty.
[BACKGROUND] This study examined the prevalence of revision surgery in which silicone gel breast implants were either removed (explanted) or replaced in a cohort of women from Birmingham, Alabama. The main reason leading up to the surgery a…
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Infections related to breast implants reported to the Food and Drug Administration, 1977-1997.
The FDA has a surveillance system for monitoring adverse events related to medical devices. Infection reports submitted to the FDA by breast implant manufacturers between 1977 and 1997 are characterized. Two cases of death caused by toxic s…
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Cancer risk at sites other than the breast following augmentation mammoplasty.
[PURPOSE] There has been limited investigation of cancer risk other than breast cancer among patients with breast implants, despite some clinical and laboratory evidence suggesting links with certain cancer sites, including hematopoietic an…
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Breast cancer following augmentation mammoplasty (United States).
[OBJECTIVE] Although clinical reports have raised concern that breast implants may either increase the risk of breast cancer or delay its diagnosis, epidemiologic studies have generally shown implant recipients to be at a reduced risk of su…
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Characteristics of a population of women with breast implants compared with women seeking other types of plastic surgery.
Several previous studies have shown that breast implant patients demonstrate a number of differences compared with the general population. However, studies have not compared patients with breast implants with women receiving other types of …
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Rupture of silicone-gel breast implants: causes, sequelae, and diagnosis.
Silicone-gel-filled breast implants have been widely used for breast augmentation and reconstruction after mastectomy. The rate of implant rupture and its sequelae are not known. We review the frequency, causes, sequelae, and detection of i…
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Reported complications of silicone gel breast implants: an epidemiologic review.
[PURPOSE] To review the range of local and systemic complications attributed to silicone breast implants and to evaluate the epidemiologic literature on these complications. [DATA SOURCES] Epidemiologic studies of the potential risks of si…