Acupuncture therapy for stroke

Acupuncture Therapy for Neurological Diseases: A Neurobiological View

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 226-262

  Guo, Jingchun ^a   Cheng, Jieshi ^a   Xia, Ying ^b,c  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Shanghai Research Center for Acupuncture and Meridians   (China)

Author keywords

Cerebral blood flow; Hypoxia; Middle cerebral artery occlusion; Reperfusion; Stroke

Indexed keywords

EID: 83655168957     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-10857-0_9     Document Type: Chapter

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