title: Correlation of bone marrow colony growth in the myelodysplastic syndromes with the FAB classification and the Bournemouth score.
abstract: Erythroid and myeloid colonies were grown from the bone marrow of 81 patients with myelodysplasia and the median number of colonies correlated with the FAB classification and Bournemouth score. CFU-GM were increased in CMML compared to RAEB and RAEBt. BFU-E were higher in RA than in the other FAB subgroups. Patients with a high Bournemouth score had poorer CFU-GM and BFU-E growth than those with a low score.
authors: Department of Haematology, Royal Victoria Hospital, Bournemouth, U.K.
authors: D G
authors: DG
authors: Oscier
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Worsley
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Darlow
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Figes
authors: J D
authors: JD
authors: Williams
authors: T J
authors: TJ
authors: Hamblin
mesh_terms: D000753:Anemia, Refractory / Q000473:pathology; D000754:Anemia, Refractory, with Excess of Blasts / Q000473:pathology; D000756:Anemia, Sideroblastic / Q000473:pathology; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000473:pathology*; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D015477:Leukemia, Myelomonocytic, Chronic / Q000473:pathology; D009190:Myelodysplastic Syndromes / Q000145:classification / Q000473:pathology*