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The effect of prolonged whole-body cryostimulation treatment with different amounts of sessions on chosen pro- and anti-inflammatory cytokines levels in healthy men

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Pages 419-425 | Received 09 Jan 2011, Accepted 27 Mar 2011, Published online: 16 May 2011

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