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Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in a professional American wrestler.

Journal of forensic nursing - 1 Jan 2010

Omalu Bennet I, Fitzsimmons Robert P, Hammers Jennifer, Bailes Julian

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We present in this case report the tissue substrates and forensic evidence for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in a professional American wrestler with Apolipoprotein E (apoE) genotyping. Professional wrestling is a contact-sport, with an integral risk for players to sustain repeated concussions over their careers. This case provides the first autopsy evidence of neuropathological abnormalities that...

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PMID: 21175533
DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-3938.2010.01078.x

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