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Cold agglutinin–induced acrocyanosis without hemolytic anemia

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Acknowledgements

We thank Shogo Goto for performing a direct agglutination test. The manuscript was edited and proofread by Editage (https://www.editage.jp/).

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  1. Department of Hematology, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center, 1-1-1, Atago-Cho, Iwakuni, 740-8510, Japan

    Wataru Kitamura

  2. Department of Hematology, Oncology and Respiratory Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 2-5-1, Shikata-Cho, Kita-Ku, Okayama, 700-8558, Japan

    Wataru Kitamura, Hiroki Kobayashi & Yoshinobu Maeda

  3. Department of Pathology, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center, 1-1-1, Atago-Cho, Iwakuni, 740-8510, Japan

    Akiko Iseki

  4. Department of Hematology, Kawasaki Medical School, 577 Matsushima, Kurashiki, 701-0192, Japan

    Hideho Wada

  5. Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Iwakuni Clinical Center, 1-1-1, Atago-Cho, Iwakuni, 740-8510, Japan

    Shoichi Kuyama

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W.K. collected clinical and histological data and wrote the original draft. H.K. performed review and editing. A.I. performed histological diagnosis. H.W., Y.M., and S.K. performed supervision, review, and editing. All authors approved the final manuscript.

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Kitamura, W., Kobayashi, H., Iseki, A. et al. Cold agglutinin–induced acrocyanosis without hemolytic anemia. Ann Hematol 103, 681–683 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00277-023-05538-2

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