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Primo Vascular System: A Unique Biological System Shifting a Medical Paradigm

Bruno Chikly, MD, DO (France); Paul Roberts, DOMP; and Jörgen Quaghebeur, DO (Belgium), PhD
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Accepted: October 5, 2015

Published: January 1, 2016

J Osteopath Med; 116(1): 12-21
Abstract

The primo vascular system has a specific anatomical and immunohistochemical signature that sets it apart from the arteriovenous and lymphatic systems. With immune and endocrine functions, the primo vascular system has been found to play a large role in biological processes, including tissue regeneration, inflammation, and cancer metastases. Although scientifically confirmed in 2002, the original discovery was made in the early 1960s by Bong-Han Kim, a North Korean scientist. It would take nearly 40 years after that discovery for scientists to revisit Kim’s research to confirm the early findings. The presence of primo vessels in and around blood and lymph vessels, nerves, viscera, and fascia, as well as in the brain and spinal cord, reveals a common link that could potentially open novel possibilities of integration with cranial, lymphatic, visceral, and fascial approaches in manual medicine.

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