Alopecia universalis after injection of messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccine. A case report

Messenger RNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 infection, or COVID-19 dramatically changed the landscape of the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. However, they might be associated with various side effects, such as myocarditis. Herein we report a case of alopecia universalis occurring after injection of a...

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Autores principales: Iwata, Kentaro, Kunisada, Makoto
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2023
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10293118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37441583
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01830
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description Messenger RNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 infection, or COVID-19 dramatically changed the landscape of the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. However, they might be associated with various side effects, such as myocarditis. Herein we report a case of alopecia universalis occurring after injection of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in a Japanese patient. Healthcare workers should be aware of this rather rare complication after vaccinations.
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spelling pubmed-102931182023-06-27 Alopecia universalis after injection of messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccine. A case report Iwata, Kentaro Kunisada, Makoto IDCases Case Report Messenger RNA vaccines against SARS-CoV-2 infection, or COVID-19 dramatically changed the landscape of the fight against COVID-19 pandemic. However, they might be associated with various side effects, such as myocarditis. Herein we report a case of alopecia universalis occurring after injection of an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in a Japanese patient. Healthcare workers should be aware of this rather rare complication after vaccinations. Elsevier 2023-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC10293118/ /pubmed/37441583 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01830 Text en © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Alopecia universalis after injection of messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccine. A case report
title Alopecia universalis after injection of messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccine. A case report
title_full Alopecia universalis after injection of messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccine. A case report
title_fullStr Alopecia universalis after injection of messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccine. A case report
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title_short Alopecia universalis after injection of messenger RNA COVID-19 vaccine. A case report
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10293118/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37441583
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.idcr.2023.e01830
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