title: Kinetics of erythrogenesis after bone marrow transplantation.
abstract: To determine the kinetics of bone marrow erythrogenesis after bone marrow transplantation, the authors counted reticulocytes (by blood smear and flow cytometry) and compared those data with neutrophil and platelet recovery in 23 consecutive bone marrow transplant patients. The earliest indication of marrow recovery after allogeneic and autologous bone marrow transplantation was defined as the second increasing cell count after the lowest recorded count, provided that the trend continued upward. Recovery of marrow function was detected earlier in 10 of 23 patients using reticulocyte counts than by either neutrophil or platelet count alone. Specifically, in 8 of these 10 patients, recovery of erythropoiesis was determined earlier by flow cytometric examination than by the blood smear method. On the other hand, combining the data using the earliest value of platelet, neutrophil, and reticulocyte counts indicated that the mean day of recovery in our patient population was determined to be 12.1 +/- 4 days after marrow infusion. In patients undergoing autologous and allogeneic bone marrow transplantation, serial neutrophil and reticulocyte count determinations are complementary in early clinical detection of successful engraftment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Ireland Cancer Center of University Hospitals of Cleveland, Case Western Reserve University, Ohio.
authors.forename: H M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Lazarus
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chahine
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lacerna
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wamble
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Iaffaldano
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Straight
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rabinovitch
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Schimenti
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jacobberger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001772:Blood Cell Count; D001792:Blood Platelets / Q000502:physiology; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000473:pathology*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000502:physiology; D012156:Reticulocytes / Q000502:physiology*