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COVID-19 Vaccine Linked to Rare Autoimmune Response in Pre-Existing Autoimmune Disease Patient

A study published in Clinical Immunology Communications has described a rare case of an individual with pre-existing autoimmunity who developed severe autoimmune symptoms after receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. The patient, a 64-year-old Caucasian female, experienced progressively worsening fingertip necrosis and other symptoms associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and