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Case Report

A case of cold agglutinin disease in the course of treatment for polymyalgia rheumatica

Hideki NakamuraUnit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Nagasaki 852-8501, JapanCorrespondence[email protected]
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Kayo Kamiya-MatsumotoUnit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Atsushi KawakamiUnit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Hiroaki IdaUnit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Tomayoshi HayashiDepartment of Pathology, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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Shinichi SatoDepartment of Dermatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, Japan
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Shimeru KamihiraCentral Diagnostic Laboratory, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan
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Katsumi EguchiUnit of Translational Medicine, Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, 1-7-1 Sakamoto, Nagasaki, Nagasaki 852-8501, Japan
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Pages 427-430 | Received 19 Jan 2009, Accepted 10 Mar 2009, Published online: 02 Jan 2014

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