Fatal Second Impact Syndrome in Rowan Stringer, A 17-Year-Old Rugby Player

Second impact syndrome (SIS) is associated with malignant brain swelling and usually occurs in young athletes with one or more prior, recent concussions. SIS is rare and some dispute its existence. We report a case of SIS in Rowan Stringer, age 17, a rugby player who sustained a fatal brain injury d...

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Autores principales: Tator, Charles, Starkes, Jill, Dolansky, Gillian, Quet, Julie, Michaud, Jean, Vassilyadi, Michael
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2019
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Brief Communications
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6536829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30945632
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cjn.2019.14

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6536829/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30945632
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/cjn.2019.14

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