50 years of Bong-Han theory and 10 years of primo vascular system

Evidence-based Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Soh, Kwang Sup ^a   Kang, Kyung A ^b   Ryu, Yeon Hee ^c  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b University of Louisville   (United States)

^c Korea Institute of Oriental Medicine (KIOM)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUPUNCTURE; ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANATOMICAL CONCEPTS; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BIOENERGY; BLOOD VESSEL; BONG HAN THEORY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; IMMUNOCOMPETENT CELL; INFERIOR CAVA VEIN; LYMPH VESSEL; NONHUMAN; PRIMO VASCULAR SYSTEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOOTH MUSCLE FIBER; THEORY; TOTIPOTENT STEM CELL;

EID: 84883165602     PISSN: 1741427X     EISSN: 17414288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/587827     Document Type: Article

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