Table 2.
Hematopoietic progenitor cell content of bone marrow obtained from different sources
| Marrow source | nb | Colony-forming units (CFU)a |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| CFU-GM (×106) | BFU-E (×106) | CFU-GEMM (×105) | ||
| Vertebral columnc | 15 | 17.6±11.1 | 39.9±34.0 | 19.1±19.8 |
| Iliac crest-ALLOd | 21 | 7.3±4.4 | 15.6±9.6 | 7.9±8.3 |
| Iliac crest-AUTOe | 27 | 5.3±7.9 | 8.0±6.7 | 1.2±1.8 |
| Iliac crest-WO recipientf | 19 | 3.6±2.7 | 8.8±6.0 | 3.2±3.2 |
a
Mean ± SD.
b
Number of samples for which measurements were successful.
c
Approximately 9 vertebral bodies were obtained from each VC harvested.
d
Normal allogeneic marrow donor.
e
Autologous marrow donor.
f
Autologous harvests from recipients of whole organ allografts and donor bone marrow.