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None of the patients included in arm A experienced such an evolution,<br />

WBC and PMN reaching a plateau in one step. Platelet recovery differed dramatically<br />

between the two arms :the median time to achieve 50 x 10 9<br />

/1 was short<br />

in arm A (11 days, range 6 to 85 days), whereas severe thrombocytopenia was<br />

much more longer for patients who received PBSC in arm B (60,254,365 days).<br />

The patient grafted with marrow had a 8-day thrombocytopenia. This patient<br />

was kept in her arm of randomization for the analysis of the haematological recovery,<br />

though she was eventually grafted with marrow. Despite an improvement<br />

of data of recovery in arm B, difference in the kinetics of WBC and of PMN<br />

are statistically significant between arm A and B.<br />

When looking at the haematological recovery of 10 historical patients who<br />

had been autografted with PBSC collected during the recovery phase from<br />

aplasia without growth factor support after transplantation, no history of a secondary<br />

drop of the neutrophil count was reported, and the duration of severe<br />

neutropenia was found comparable to that of arm A.<br />

DISCUSSION<br />

Based on preliminary data showing that PBSC circulation peaked during<br />

the haematological recovery phase from aplasia

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