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To the Editor: Solomon et al. (Nov. 3 issue)¹ report their experience as three rheumatologists "who have examined and evaluated a combined total of more than 3000 symptomatic women with silicone breast implants." Their letter deserves further scrutiny. One wonders how three rheumatologists managed to see more than 3000 patients with what they characterize as "a new and unique rheumatic syndrome." But then I recalled Dr. Solomon's lecture at North Shore University Hospital on April 21, 1994, in which he acknowledged that 80 percent of his patients had been referred by attorneys for evaluation.

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Breast Implants and Connective-Tissue Diseases
Solomon G., Espinoza L., Silverman S., Royce P. C., Naim J. O., Lanzafame R. J., van Oss C. J., Spiera R. F., Gibofsky A., Spiera H., Wallace D. J., Schwartz E., Wong O., Levine A. M., Gabriel S. E., O'Fallon W. M., Kurland L. T., Luce E. A.
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N Engl J Med 1994; 331:1231-1235, Nov 3, 1994. Correspondence

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