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Table 2 Summary of hind limb BM content estimates by 59Fe distribution experiments

From: A quantitative assessment of the content of hematopoietic stem cells in mouse and human endosteal-bone marrow: a simple and rapid method for the isolation of mouse central bone marrow

Study

Single femur

Single tibia

Single tibia + fibula

Single hind leg

Reference

Chervenick et al.

5.9 %

3.5 %

N.D.a

N.D.

[34]

Schofield & Cole

7.0 %

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

[35]

Briganti et al.

6.1 %

N.D.

3.35 %

N.D.

[36]

Papayannopoulou & Finch

7.4 %

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

[37]

Lee et al.

6.1 %

N.D.

3.05 %

N.D.

[38]

Boggs et al.

6.7 %

N.D.

2.85 %

N.D.

[5]

Boggs & Patrene

N.D.

N.D.

N.D.

8.4 % & 10.75 %b

[39]

Average:

6.5 %

3.5 %

3.1 %

9.6 %

 
  1. aN.D. = Not Determined
  2. bTwo different methods of preparation were performed yielding modestly different results