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Acupuncture for the treatment of Delayed Encephalopathy after Acute Carbon Monoxide Poisoning: a case report

Jinlian Liao1, Kaixuan He1, Jijie Peng1,2

  • 1Faculty of Chinese Medicine, Macau University of Science and Technology, Macau, China.

Frontiers in Medicine
|May 7, 2026
PubMed
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Keywords:
Delayed Encephalopathy after Acute Carbon Monoxide Poisoning (DEACMP)acupuncture therapycognitive impairmentmotor dysfunctionneurology

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