[Bone marrow in patients with pseudarthrosis. A study of progenitor cells by in vitro cloning].

Abstract

The bone marrow of non union site contained low levels of progenitor cells. Especially surprising was that progenitors were also sparse in the bone marrow of the iliac crest of patients with non union, compared with control bone marrow donors. In several cases, certain general factors are probably responsible for the abnormally low levels of progenitor cells, not only in the non union site, but also in the iliac crest.