Assessment of bone marrow function: microscopy versus the agar colony assay.
Changes in bone marrow status followig cytotoxic chemotherapy were measured by means of peripheral blood counts, bone marrow cytology and colony-formation in agar culture. A correlation is described between colony-forming ability and marrow differential count.
D000328:Adult; D000362:Agar; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000187:drug effects / Q000276:immunology / Q000502:physiology*; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy; D002722:Chlorobenzenes / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002999:Clone Cells; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000188:drug therapy; D005260:Female; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000276:immunology; D006801:Humans; D002955:Leucovorin / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D011743:Pyrimidines / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use
D002722:Chlorobenzenes; D011743:Pyrimidines; D000362:Agar; D002955:Leucovorin