The ameliorative effect of bloodletting puncture at hand twelve Jing-well points on cerebral edema induced by permanent middle cerebral ischemia via protecting the tight junctions of the blood-brain barrier

• Main Authors: Nannan Yu (Author), Zhenguo Wang (Author), Yucen Chen (Author), Juntao Yang (Author), Xuan Lu (Author), Yi Guo (Author), Zelin Chen (Author), Zhifang Xu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-09-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Cerebral edema, erupting simultaneously with severe ischemic stroke, might lead to increased intracranial pressure, cerebral herniation, and ultimately death. Studies conducted previously by our team have demonstrated the fact that bloodletting puncture at hand twelve Jing-well p...