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Biomechanical Aspects of the Auto-digestion Theory

Geert W. Schmid-Schönbein^*

* Department of Bioengineering, The Whitaker Institute of Biomedical Engineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 92093-0412, U.S.A. Tel: +1 858 534-3852; Fax: +1 858 534-5722; E-mail: gwss@bioeng.ucsd.edu