Effect of Imatinib on Bone Marrow Morphology and Angiogenesis in Chronic Myeloid Leukemia

Table 7

Comparison of mean MVD in bone marrow before and after imatinib therapy between various studies.

STUDY	Control mean MVD	Initial mean MVD	Follow-up mean MVD
Lokeshwar NM et al. (2006)	3.6	8.25	4 (6 months)	p = 0.04
Present study (2017)	6.32	14.87	4.98 (3 months)	p < 0.001

MVD: microvessel density.