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Emerging histomorphologic phenotypes of chronic traumatic encephalopathy in American athletes.
Neurosurgery - 1 Jul 2011
Omalu Bennet, Bailes Julian, Hamilton Ronald L, Kamboh M Ilyas, Hammers Jennifer, Case Mary, Fitzsimmons Robert
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BACKGROUND: We define chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) as a progressive neurodegenerative syndrome caused by single, episodic, or repetitive blunt force impacts to the head and transfer of acceleration-deceleration forces to the brain. OBJECTIVE: We present emerging histomorphologic phenoty...
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