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Case Reports
. 2021 Jun;51(6):861-863.
doi: 10.1111/cea.13874. Epub 2021 Apr 9.

Polyethylene glycol (PEG) is a cause of anaphylaxis to the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine

Priya Sellaturay  1 , Shuaib Nasser  1 , Sabita Islam  2 , Padmalal Gurugama  1 , Pamela W Ewan  1   3
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Polyethylene glycol (PEG) is a cause of anaphylaxis to the Pfizer/BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine

Priya Sellaturay et al. Clin Exp Allergy. 2021 Jun.
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