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FOR quantitative studies of hæmopoiesis1, it is important to know both the absolute count of cells per unit volume of bone marrow and also the volume of the marrow as a whole. From a review of the literature it appears that whereas in man and in a few laboratory animals a small number of determinations of marrow volume have been made, none has been made in the guinea pig. Since this latter animal is the one on which in our own laboratory a number of quantitative studies of hæmopoiesis are in progress, it has become necessary to determine its marrow volume with as much accuracy as possible. The following is a summary of my observations.
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HUDSON, G. Bone Marrow Volume in Guinea Pigs. Nature 179, 1032–1033 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1038/1791032a0
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