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Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Contact Sports: A Systematic Review of All Reported Pathological Cases

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease associated with head trauma. Although initially believed to affect only boxers, the at-risk population has expanded to encompass a much wider demographic, including American football players, hockey players, wrestlers, and militar...

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Autores principales: Maroon, Joseph C., Winkelman, Robert, Bost, Jeffrey, Amos, Austin, Mathyssek, Christina, Miele, Vincent
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4324991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25671598
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0117338