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Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology
Volume 2011 (2011), Article ID 797383, 15 pages
doi:10.1155/2011/797383
Review Article

Experimental Trauma Models: An Update

Michael Frink, Hagen Andruszkow, Christian Zeckey, Christian Krettek, and Frank Hildebrand

Trauma Department, Hannover Medical School, Carl-Neuberg-Straße 1, 30625 Hannover, Germany

Received 9 October 2010; Accepted 17 December 2010

Academic Editor: Monica Fedele

Copyright © 2011 Michael Frink et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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