Intralesional Injection of Bone Marrow Aspirate Concentrate for the Treatment of Osteonecrosis of the Knee Secondary to Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Case Report

Case: An 18-year-old female patient with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) and corticosteroid-associated extensive bilateral symptomatic knee Osteonecrosis (ON) (Ficat IV), treated with sequential intralesional injections of autologous bone marrow aspirate concentrate (BMAC) under ultrasound guidan...

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Published in:	Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology
Main Authors:	Dimitrios Kouroupis, Amir F. Ahari, Diego Correa, Riam Shammaa
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-03-01
Subjects:	osteonecrosis systemic lupus erythematosus bone marrow aspirate concentrate mesenchymal stem cells endothelial progenitor cells cellular therapy
Online Access:	https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fbioe.2020.00202/full