Aoyama T, Toguchida J
Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University , Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.
J Stem Cells Regen Med. 2009 Apr 8;5(1):3-6. doi: 10.46582/jsrm.0501002. eCollection 2009.
Avascular osteonecrosis of femoral head causes severe musculoskeletal disability. There is not standard treatment to cure avascular osteonecrosis. Recently, cell therapy using bone marrow stromal cells has begun for this disease.