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Peters, W. J., Smith, D., Grosman, H., and Fornasier, V. Role of mammography to assess complications of silicone gel breast implants. Can. J. Plast. Surg. 1995d, 3, (3): 150-156. MAMMOGRAPHY.

Peters, W. J., Smith, D., and Lugowski, S. Failure properties of 352 explanted silicone-gel breast implants. Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery. 1996 Spring, 4, (1): 55-58. RUPTURE.

Peters, W. J., Smith, D., Lugowski, S., McHugh, A., and Baines, C. Do patients with silicone gel breast implants have elevated levels of serum silicon compared to control patients? Annals of Plastic Surgery. 1995b Apr, 34, (6): 343-347. SILICON MEASUREMENT.

Peters, W. J., Smith, D., Lugowski, S., McHugh, A., Kereteci, A., and Baines, C. Analysis of silicon levels in capsules of gel and saline breast implants and of penile prostheses. Annals of Plastic Surgery. 1995a Jun, 34, (6): 578-584. SILICON MEASUREMENT.

Peterson, H. D., and Burt, G. B. The role of steroids in prevention of circumferential capsular scarring in augmentation mammaplasty. Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 1974 Jul, 54, (1): 28-30. STEROIDS/local complications/capsule-contracture.

Peterson, R. D., Bowen, D., Netscher, D. T., and Wigoda, P. Capsular compliance: A measure of a hard prosthesis. Annals of Plastic Surgery. 1994 Apr, 32, (4): 337-341. CAPSULE-CONTRACTURE/local complications.

Petillo, O., Peluso, G., and Ambrosio, L. In vivo induction of macrophage Ia antigen (MHC class II) expression by biomedical polymers in the cage implant system. Journal of Biomedical Materials Research. 1994, 28, 635-646. IMMUNE EFFECTS.

Petit, J. Y. Primary and secondary breast reconstruction with special emphasis on the use of prostheses. Recent Results in Cancer Research. 1996, 140, 169-175. RECONSTRUCTION.

Petit, J. Y., Lê, M. G., Mouriesse, H., Rietjens, M., Gill, P., Contesso, G., and Lehmann, A. Can breast reconstruction with gel-filled silicone implants increase the risk of death and second primary cancer in patients treated by mastectomy for breast cancer? Plast. Reconstr. Surg. 1994 Jul, 94, (1): 115-119. CANCER.

Petro, J. A., Klein, S. A., Niazi, Z., Salzberg, C. A., and Byrne, D. Evaluation of ultrasound as a tool in the follow-up of patients with breast implants: A preliminary prospective study. Annals of Plastic Surgery. 1994 Jun, 32, (6): 581-587. MAMMOGRAPHY.

Pettersson, I., Wang, G., Smith, E., Wigzell, H., Hedfors, E., Horn, J., and Sharp, G. C. The use of immunoblotting and immunoprecipitation of (U) small nuclear ribonucleoproteins in the analysis of sera of patients with mixed connected tissue disease and systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis and Rheumatism. 1986, 29, (8): 986-996. IMMUNE EFFECTS/ai-ctd background.

Pfleiderer, B., Ackerman, J. L., and Garrido, L. In vivo 1H chemical shift imaging of silicone implants. Magn Reson Med. 1993c, 29, 656-659. MAMMOGRAPHY/silicon measurement.

Pfleiderer, B., Ackerman, J. L., and Garrido, L. In vivo localized proton NMR spectroscopy of silicone. Magn Reson Med. 1993b, 30, 149-154. MAMMOGRAPHY/silicon measurement.

Pfleiderer, B., Ackerman, J. L., and Garrido, L. Migration and biodegradation of free silicone from silicone gel-filled implants after long-term implantation. Magn Reson Med. 1993a, 30, 534-543. MIGRATION/local complications/silicon measurement.