Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in contact sports: The Canadian experience
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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 military veterans. This expansion has garnered considerable media attention and public concern for the p...
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The authors wish to amend the Competing Interests Statement for this article, which should have included additional information in relation to potential competing interests relevant to this work. The authors apologize for this omission and revise the Competing Interests Statement to read as below. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center has received grants from the National Football League ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences / Journal Canadien des Sciences Neurologiques
سال: 2018
ISSN: 0317-1671,2057-0155
DOI: 10.1017/cjn.2018.46