title: [Effect of skull acupuncture and scalp acupuncture on serum vascular endothelial growth factor in the patient of acute cerebral infarction].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate effect of skull suture acupuncture (skull acupuncture) and scalp acupuncture on serum vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) in the patient of acute cerebral infarction (CI).
  
  
  METHODS
  Twenty cases of CI were treated with skull suture acupuncture at coronal suture, sagittal suture, lambdoid suture, etc. combined with medication (group B), group C (n=20) with scalp acupuncture at contralateral Dingnie Qian-xiexian (MS 6) and Dingnie Houxiexian (MS 7) plus medication, and group A (n=20) with medication. Changes of serum VEGF contents were investigated in the three groups.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After treatment, the serum VEGF content did not significantly change in group A (P > 0.05), and significantly increased in group B and group C (P < 0.01, P < 0.05), with significant difference as group B and C compared with that of group A (P < 0.05), and with no significant difference between group B and group C (P > 0.05).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Skull suture acupuncture combined with medication and scalp acupuncture plus medication have a similar effect on serum VEGF in the patient of acute cerebral infarction.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Acup-moxibustion and Massage, Fujian College of TCM, Fuzhou 350003, China. ycd60@163.com
authors.forename: Chang-de
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Bing-huang
authors.initials: BH
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Hong-mei
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Song
authors.forename: Guo-shu
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhou
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Yu
mesh_terms: D015670:Acupuncture Therapy; D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D002544:Cerebral Infarction / Q000097:blood / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012535:Scalp; D012886:Skull; D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A / Q000097:blood*
chemical_list: D042461:Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor A