[Bone marrow hematopoiesis in epileptics]

In 72 epileptic patients the bone marrow was examined in various periods of epileptic paroxysms. It was found that the morphological composition of the medullary hemopoiesis was characterized by a myeloid reaction and a lowered mitotic activity of the bone marrow elements. All the shifts in the functional state of the medullary hemopoiesis correlated with the paroxysm periods and were reflected adequately in the peripheral blood picture. The states described differed sharply from the anomalous medullary hemopoiesis observed in epileptic patients having hematological complications, e.g. pernicious anemia caused by phenobarbital, hexamidine and diphenin.