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ArticleVaccines2022

A Rare Adverse Effect of the COVID-19 Vaccine on Autoimmune Encephalitis.

Ying-Fong Huang, Tzu-Chuan Ho, Chin-Chuan Chang, Daniel Hueng-Yuan Shen, Hung-Pin Chan, Kuo-Pin Chuang, Yu-Chang Tyan, Ming-Hui Yang

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Article in Vaccines, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Ying-Fong HuangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
Tzu-Chuan HoDepartment of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
Chin-Chuan ChangDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.
Daniel Hueng-Yuan ShenDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan.
Hung-Pin ChanDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-9741-5824
Kuo-Pin ChuangGraduate Institute of Animal Vaccine Technology, College of Veterinary Medicine, National Pingtung University of Science and Technology, Pingtung 912, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-3973-8390
Yu-Chang TyanDepartment of Nuclear Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0002-1917-5893
Ming-Hui YangDepartment of Medical Education and Research, Kaohsiung Veterans General Hospital, Kaohsiung 813, Taiwan.ORCID 0000-0001-5856-0498

Funding

Kaohsiung Medical University KMUH110-0T02Ministry of Science and Technology MOST 109-2221-E-037-001-MY3NPUST-KMU JOINT RESEARCH PROJECT NPUST-KMU-111-P002
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Since countries commenced COVID-19 vaccination around the world, many vaccine-related adverse effects have been reported. Among them, short-term memory loss with autoimmune encephalitis (AE) was reported as a rare adverse effect. Since case numbers are limited, this brief report may draw the attention of the medical community to this uncommon adverse effect and serve as a reference for future vaccine improvement. However, given the high risk of adverse outcomes when infected with SARS-CoV-2 and the clearly favorable safety/tolerability profile of existing vaccines, vaccination is still recommended.

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adverse effectautoimmune encephalitisCOVID-19 vaccinelymphocytic pleocytosisshort-term memory loss

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PMID35891278
PMCPMC9319671

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