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. 2021 Jun;76(6):1941-1942.
doi: 10.1111/all.14774.

Other excipients than PEG might cause serious hypersensitivity reactions in COVID-19 vaccines

Sander D Borgsteede  1 , Tjerk H Geersing  2 , Žana Tempels-Pavlica  3
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Other excipients than PEG might cause serious hypersensitivity reactions in COVID-19 vaccines

Sander D Borgsteede et al. Allergy. 2021 Jun.
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