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. 2021 Nov;3(11):e743-e744.
doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(21)00309-X. Epub 2021 Sep 30.

Cutaneous vasculitis following COVID-19 vaccination

Giulio Cavalli  1   2 , Serena Colafrancesco  3 , Giacomo De Luca  1   2 , Nathalie Rizzo  4 , Roberta Priori  3   5 , Fabrizio Conti  3 , Lorenzo Dagna  1   2
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Cutaneous vasculitis following COVID-19 vaccination

Giulio Cavalli et al. Lancet Rheumatol. 2021 Nov.
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Conflict of interest statement

GC led the study and wrote the report. GC, GDL, SC, RP, FC, and LD took clinical care of patients, obtained data, and contributed to drafting the manuscript. NR conducted histology evaluations. Written informed consent for publication was obtained from the patients. We declare no competing interests.

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