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. 2021 Nov 11;10(10):937-939.
doi: 10.1093/jpids/piab061.

Weighing the Risks of Perimyocarditis With the Benefits of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccination in Adolescents

Ravi Jhaveri  1   2 , Felice C Adler-Shohet  3   4 , Christopher C Blyth  5 , Kathleen Chiotos  6 , Jeffrey S Gerber  7 , Michael Green  8 , Larry Kociolek  1   2 , Rachel Martin-Blais  9 , Debra Palazzi  10 , Andi L Shane  11 , Jennifer E Schuster  12 , Stanford T Shulman  1   2 , Gregory A Storch  13 , Geoffrey A Weinberg  14 , Theoklis Zaoutis  7
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Weighing the Risks of Perimyocarditis With the Benefits of SARS-CoV-2 mRNA Vaccination in Adolescents

Ravi Jhaveri et al. J Pediatric Infect Dis Soc. .
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