COVID-19 vaccine response in patients with lupus 'blunted' by immunosuppressant use
One-third of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus demonstrate low response to the COVID-19 vaccine, a “blunted effect” linked to use of any immunosuppressive agent except antimalarials, according to a presenter at ACR Convergence 2021. “In December, when the COVID-19 vaccines were starting to get EUA approval from the FDA, there was essentially no data on patients with
Johnson Janssen Peterm Izmirly Robert Stott Langone Health York University Lupus Cohort Bellevue Hospital Center
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