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Comment
. 2021 Oct:206:14-17.
doi: 10.1016/j.thromres.2021.07.017. Epub 2021 Aug 4.

Double high-dose immunoglobulin for ChAdOx1 nCov-19 vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia

Ching-Tai Huang  1 , Shao-Yun Hsu  2 , Chien-Ho Wang  3 , Wei-En Johnny Tseng  4 , Chin-Yu Yang  5 , Chip-Jin Ng  1 , Theodore E Warkentin  6 , Ming-Huei Cheng  7
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Double high-dose immunoglobulin for ChAdOx1 nCov-19 vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia

Ching-Tai Huang et al. Thromb Res. 2021 Oct.
No abstract available

Keywords: Anti-PF4 polyanion antibody; Immunoglobulin; Vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia.

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The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.

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Clinical course of A 34-year-old male with vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia, which was successfully treated by double high-dose intravenous immunoglobulin.
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  • Thrombosis and Thrombocytopenia after ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 Vaccination.
    Schultz NH, Sørvoll IH, Michelsen AE, Munthe LA, Lund-Johansen F, Ahlen MT, Wiedmann M, Aamodt AH, Skattør TH, Tjønnfjord GE, Holme PA. Schultz NH, et al. N Engl J Med. 2021 Jun 3;384(22):2124-2130. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa2104882. Epub 2021 Apr 9. N Engl J Med. 2021. PMID: 33835768 Free PMC article.

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