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Case Report

A Case of COVID-19 Vaccine-Induced Thrombotic Thrombocytopenia

Abhinandan Chittala MedStar Health Internal Medicine Residency, Baltimore, MD, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Shiavax Raoa MedStar Health Internal Medicine Residency, Baltimore, MD, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7724-2089
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Pallavi Lakraa MedStar Health Internal Medicine Residency, Baltimore, MD, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-3848-7323
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Natalia Nacub Department of Medicine, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA
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Christopher Haasb Department of Medicine, MedStar Union Memorial Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA;c Department of Medicine, MedStar Franklin Square Medical Center, Baltimore, MD, USA;d Department of Medicine, MedStar Harbor Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA;e Department of Medicine, Georgetown University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
Pages 776-778 | Received 09 Aug 2021, Accepted 10 Sep 2021, Published online: 15 Nov 2021

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