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Silicone binding immunoglobulins in human sera
N R Rose1, M Landavere, R C Kuppers
1Department of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA.
Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology
|January 1, 1996
Abstract:
We have evaluated two recently published test procedures for demonstrating antibodies to silicone. Positive control serum samples provided to us by the original authors were positive in our hands, using the methods described. However, serum samples from patients with certain connective tissue diseases but no history of silicone implants were also positive. The question of silicone-specific antibodies remains unresolved.