Cell therapy for avascular osteonecrosis of femoral head

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  • T Aoyama
  • J Toguchida
چکیده

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.

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دوره 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009