Effect of acupuncture on plasmic levels of insulin, glucagon and hypercoagulability in NIDDM complicated by acute cerebral infarction

Chen, J.; Li, C.; Ding, P.; Ma, Y.

Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine 21(4): 267-269

2001


ISSN/ISBN: 0255-2922
PMID: 12014127
Document Number: 535984
Twenty-one cases of acute cerebral infarction secondary to NIDDM were treated with acupuncture and conventional therapy, and compared with 16 cases treated with conventional therapy alone. The results showed that acupuncture was more effective in reducing insulin and glucagon levels (P < 0.001) and improving hypercoagulability (P < 0.05) of blood.

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