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Case Report

Very severe immune aplastic anemia after mRNA vaccination against COVID-19 responds well to immunosuppressive therapy: clinical characteristics and comparison to previous reports

Suhyeon Wooa Department of Laboratory Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, KoreaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-3412-1698View further author information
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Bohyun Kima Department of Laboratory Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, KoreaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sang-Cheol Leeb Division of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan Korea, KoreaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-0139-9909View further author information
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Min-Sun Kima Department of Laboratory Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, KoreaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-2061-5726View further author information
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Young Ahn Yoona Department of Laboratory Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, KoreaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8284-6303View further author information
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Young-Jin Choia Department of Laboratory Medicine, Soonchunhyang University Cheonan Hospital, Soonchunhyang University College of Medicine, Cheonan, KoreaORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-7076-5725View further author information
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Pages 1191-1195 | Received 15 Jul 2022, Accepted 23 Oct 2022, Published online: 31 Oct 2022

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