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Is splenic contraction more pronounced when exercising in hypoxia than normoxia?

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  1. Hannes Gatterer and Martin Burtscher contributed equally to this Letter to the Editor.

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  1. Institute of Mountain Emergency Medicine, Eurac Research, Bolzano, Italy

    Hannes Gatterer

  2. Department of Sport Science, University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria

    Martin Burtscher

  3. Austrian Society for Alpine and High-Altitude Medicine, Innsbruck, Austria

    Martin Burtscher

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Gatterer, H., Burtscher, M. Is splenic contraction more pronounced when exercising in hypoxia than normoxia?. Eur J Appl Physiol 121, 2369–2370 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00421-021-04703-7

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