Perivascular Space: Possible Anatomical Substrate for the Meridian

Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 851-859

  Ma, Wentao ^a   Tong, Hua ^a   Xu, Weiya ^a   Hu, Jiming ^a   Liu, Nai ^b   Li, Hongyi ^a   Cao, Lianxin ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TONGREN HOSPITAL OF WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL; BODY FLUID; BRAIN TISSUE; CHINESE MEDICINE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FUNCTIONAL ANATOMY; LUNG PARENCHYMA; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS; TRADITIONAL MEDICINE;

EID: 0347989512     PISSN: 10755535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107555303771952208     Document Type: Article

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