Bone marrow cellularity and iron stores in chronic renal failure.
Bone marrow biopsies of 15 patients with chronic renal failure (CRF) were compared with those of a control group matched for age and sex. Using a point-counting method for assessing cellularity, there was no significant difference in marrow cellularity between the CRF patients and the control group. There was a significant difference in the myeloid-erythroid ratio (p < 0.05) between the control group and the CRF patients, the latter group having a lower ratio. A point-counting method was used for the assessment of iron stores. Of 8 CRF patients who had not been given intravenous iron, oral iron or blood transfusion, 2 had greater iron stores than the control group.
D000328:Adult; D001803:Blood Transfusion; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D002452:Cell Count; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D006435:Renal Dialysis
D007501:Iron