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Case Reports
. 2022 Jul;92(7-8):1949-1951.
doi: 10.1111/ans.17414. Epub 2021 Dec 7.

A unique case of splenic rupture secondary to vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia managed with splenic embolization

Daniel Magee  1 , Talia Shepherd  1   2 , Zoe Krisnadi  1 , Ho-Cing Victor Yau  1 , Shaun Samuelson  1 , Dejan Radeski  1
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Case Reports

A unique case of splenic rupture secondary to vaccine-induced immune thrombocytopenia managed with splenic embolization

Daniel Magee et al. ANZ J Surg. 2022 Jul.
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