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The luminol-enhanced chemiluminescence (CL) of peripheral blood leukocytes was studied daily in five patients with acute myelogenous leukaemia (AML) in first remission, who were undergoing allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT). The CL was measured after stimulation of leukocytes with opsonized zymosan in highly diluted whole blood. All patients had an undetectable CL level on day +7, post BMT, simultaneously with severe pancytopenia caused by the pre-conditioning for BMT. Subsequently, CL started to rise, reaching the maximum level, twice that of healthy controls, on day +11. This preceded the rise of blood leukocytes above 1.0 × 1091.−1 and that of neutrophils above 0.5 × 109 1.−1 by 3–14 days, but coincided with the appearance of large unstained cells (LUC; a parameter given by a Technicon H 6000 blood analyzer). One of the patients later had a transient decline of CL. This preceded the fall in white blood count and platelets by 7 days, suggesting marrow suppression. We conclude that in AML the measurement of leukocyte CL is a more sensitive test for prediction of graft take than the conventional blood counts.
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Rajamäki, A., Lilius, EM., Nikoskelainen, J. et al. Luminol-enhanced chemiluminescence of peripheral blood leukocytes as an early indicator of graft take after allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in patients with acute myelogenous leukaemia. Med. Oncol. & Tumor Pharmacother. 5, 99–102 (1988). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02985445
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