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Case Reports
. 2021 Aug 10;144(6):506-508.
doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.055913. Epub 2021 Jun 16.

Myocarditis After BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 Vaccination

Kathryn F Larson  1 , Enrico Ammirati  2 , Eric D Adler  3 , Leslie T Cooper Jr  4 , Kimberly N Hong  3 , Gianluigi Saponara  5 , Daniel Couri  6 , Alberto Cereda  7 , Antonio Procopio  8 , Cristina Cavalotti  2 , Fabrizio Oliva  2 , Tommaso Sanna  5 , Vincenzo Antonio Ciconte  9 , George Onyango  1 , David R Holmes  1 , Daniel D Borgeson  1
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Case Reports

Myocarditis After BNT162b2 and mRNA-1273 Vaccination

Kathryn F Larson et al. Circulation. .

Abstract

Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text.

Keywords: BNT162 vaccine; COVID-19; COVID-19 vaccines; SARS-CoV-2; mRNA-1273 vaccine; myocarditis.

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