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Records of cats with FIP were reviewed to find those with associative IMHA based on exclusion of other causes of anemia and a positive saline agglutination test and\/or Coombs test. The inclusion criteria were met for 45 cats (26 (58%) cats with effusive and 19 (42%) with non-effusive FIP). Median hematocrit was 18% (interquartile range [IQR] 13\u201320). Anemia was non-regenerative in 36 (80%) cats and regenerative in 5 (11%) cats; 4 (9%) cats had no reticulocyte count available. Concurrent thrombocytopenia was present in 18 (40%) cats. All 45 cats were treated with nucleoside analogs, and 44 (98%) cats with glucocorticoids; in 5 (11%) cats, glucocorticoids were added after starting antiviral treatment due to persistent anemia. Median follow-up was 72 days (IQR 14\u2013246); at the time of last follow-up 33 (73%) cats had survived while 12 (27%) had died or were euthanized. Of the 33 surviving cats, 17 achieved remission of both FIP and IMHA. In three cats, FIP remission was achieved, but IMHA relapsed; in one of these, IMHA relapsed twice. FIP relapsed without IMHA in two cats, and both FIP and IMHA relapsed in one cat. In 9 cats the antiviral and glucocorticoid treatment is still ongoing at the time of the publication. 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