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Minutes of IRG Meetings
What is silicone ?
History: the assessment of health effects attributed to silicone gel breast implants
Regulatory requirements for breast implants
Infection: studies reviewed
Fate of Gel Bleed
Rupture
Histopathology Review
Tests commissioned by the IRG
Immune responses to silicone gel breast implants
Statistical aspects and sample sizes
Survey of epidemiological studies from 1970 - 1998
Effects on children of implanted women
Toxicity of silicones
Consent to medical treatment
The National Breast Implant Registry
Adverse incidents
Press Notice
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