title: Cell therapy for avascular osteonecrosis of femoral head.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University , Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Aoyama
authors.affiliation: Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University , Kyoto, 606-8507, Japan.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Toguchida
keywords: avaslucar osteonecrosis; cell transplantation; mesenchymal stem cells