A Case Series and Literature Review of the Association of COVID-19 Vaccination With Autoimmune Diseases: Causality or Chance?

The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been a challenging time for the whole world. Ever since the start of the pandemic, vaccine development has been underway and now there are several approved COVID-19 vaccines bringing hope for the end of the pandemic. However, there have been been...

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Autores principales: Al-Allaf, Abdul-Wahab, Neethu, Maria, Al-Allaf, Yousr
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2022
Materias:
Allergy/Immunology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9526518/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36199642
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.28677
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Sumario:The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has been a challenging time for the whole world. Ever since the start of the pandemic, vaccine development has been underway and now there are several approved COVID-19 vaccines bringing hope for the end of the pandemic. However, there have been been a few individuals who have been affected in some other ways by the COVID-19 vaccinations. Here in this case series, we present 16 cases of autoimmune diseases with a strong temporal relation with the COVID-19 vaccine. We would like to emphasize that COVID-19 vaccines are essential to alter the course of the pandemic and save lives and the temporal relation is not by any means proof of causation. However, we must be vigilant for the occurrence of these conditions.

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