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. 2021 Oct 23;9(10):e05003.
doi: 10.1002/ccr3.5003. eCollection 2021 Oct.

Minimal change nephrotic syndrome four days after the administration of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine-a new side effect or coincidence?

Mohammed Abdulgayoom  1 , Mhd Kutaiba Albuni  1 , Elabbass Abdelmahmuod  1 , Khaled Murshed  2 , Yassir Eldeeb  3
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Minimal change nephrotic syndrome four days after the administration of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine-a new side effect or coincidence?

Mohammed Abdulgayoom et al. Clin Case Rep. .

Abstract

The association between the COVID vaccine and MCD is temporal and by exclusion, and it is not fully established, but it should be considered in postvvaccine MCD.

Keywords: COVID‐19; minimal change disease; nephrotic syndrome.

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The authors have no conflicts of interest.

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Photomicrograph of the percutaneous renal biopsy specimen stained with hematoxylin and eosin
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Photomicrograph of the percutaneous renal biopsy specimen stained with hematoxylin and eosin showing a glomerulus with minimal structural changes by light microscopy
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FIGURE 3
Direct immunofluorescent image of the biopsy specimen revealing the absence of glomerular deposition of immunoglobulins (IgA, IgG, and IgM)
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