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. 2022 Mar;76(3):747-749.
doi: 10.1016/j.jhep.2021.09.031. Epub 2021 Oct 5.

Immune-mediated hepatitis with the Moderna vaccine, no longer a coincidence but confirmed

Gloria Shwe Zin Tun  1 , Dermot Gleeson  2 , Amer Al-Joudeh  2 , Asha Dube  2
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Immune-mediated hepatitis with the Moderna vaccine, no longer a coincidence but confirmed

Gloria Shwe Zin Tun et al. J Hepatol. 2022 Mar.
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Keywords: Immune-mediated liver damage; autoimmune hepatitis; covid-19; drug induced liver injury.

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Histological findings and biochemical findings. H&E-stained section of liver biopsy indicates acute hepatitis. (A) The parenchymal hepatocytes are arranged into rosette forms (marked with arrows) with cholestasis. (B) BN from hepatocyte loss, some by apoptosis (arrow). (C) Diagram showing trend of bilirubin and ALT following Moderna vaccine dose 1 and 2 with response to prednisolone. ALT, alanine aminotransferase; BN, bridging necrosis. (This figure appears in color on the web.)
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