Silicone Breast Implants and Neurologic Disorders
Report of the Practice Committee of the American Academy of Neurology
John H. Ferguson, MD
Conclusions: The best observational studies to date (some retrospective cohort and case control studies [Case II]) show no clear relationship of silicone breast implants to connective disease. Research in this area is ongoing. Existing studies (some case series - Class III) do not support any association or causal relationship between silicone breast implants and neurologic disorders. If such a relationship exists we must await proper observational studies, preferably prospective cohort studies, or less preferably, case control studies.
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