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Multicenter Study
. 2021 Oct 26;326(16):1629-1631.
doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.15494.

Spontaneous Abortion Following COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy

Elyse O Kharbanda  1 , Jacob Haapala  1 , Malini DeSilva  1 , Gabriela Vazquez-Benitez  1 , Kimberly K Vesco  2 , Allison L Naleway  2 , Heather S Lipkind  3
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Multicenter Study

Spontaneous Abortion Following COVID-19 Vaccination During Pregnancy

Elyse O Kharbanda et al. JAMA. .

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    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] JAMA. 2021 Oct 5;326(13):1331. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.16235. JAMA. 2021. PMID: 34505868 Free PMC article. No abstract available.

Abstract

This study presents findings from case-control surveillance of COVID-19 vaccination during pregnancy and spontaneous abortion.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Lipkind reported serving on the Pfizer independent external data monitoring committee for the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr Naleway reported receiving research funding from Pfizer for an unrelated study. Dr Vesco reported receiving research funding from Pfizer for an unrelated study. No other disclosures were reported.

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