R. Smalcelj et al., CIRCULATING HEMATOPOIETIC PROGENITORS ARE NOT ALTERED IN PATIENTS WITH POSTTRANSPLANT ERYTHROCYTOSIS, Haematologica, 83(10), 1998, pp. 948-949
Granulocyte/macrophage (GM), mixed colony and erythroid burst forming
unit assays were performed in 9 post-transplant erythrocytosis (PIE) p
atients, 18 non-PTE kidney transplant recipients and 12 healthy volunt
eers. The number of GM precursors was lower In PTE patients than in no
rmal subjects. This indicates that hematopoietic stem cell potential I
s not altered In PTE.