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Case Report

Severe, Refractory Immune Thrombocytopenia Occurring After SARS-CoV-2 Vaccine

Jackie M Helms1 The Bleeding and Clotting Disorders Institute, Peoria, IL, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9466-7548
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Kristin T Ansteatt1 The Bleeding and Clotting Disorders Institute, Peoria, IL, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-8004-297X
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Jonathan C Roberts1 The Bleeding and Clotting Disorders Institute, Peoria, IL, USA;2 Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine-Peoria, Peoria, IL, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9415-9543
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Sravani Kamatam3 Department of Medicine, Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, IL, USA
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Kap Sum Foong2 Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine-Peoria, Peoria, IL, USA;3 Department of Medicine, Saint Francis Medical Center, Peoria, IL, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-6259-0032
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Jo-mel S Labayog4 Department of Medicine, OSF Sacred Heart Medical Center, Danville, IL, USA
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Michael D Tarantino1 The Bleeding and Clotting Disorders Institute, Peoria, IL, USA;2 Department of Medicine, University of Illinois College of Medicine-Peoria, Peoria, IL, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 221-224 | Published online: 06 Apr 2021

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