Age of first exposure to tackle football and chronic traumatic encephalopathy

L. Alosco, Michael; Mez, Jesse; Tripodis, Yorghos; T. Kiernan, Patrick; Abdolmohammadi, Bobak; Murphy, Lauren; W. Kowall, Neil; D. Stein, Thor; R. Huber, Bertrand; E. Goldstein, Lee; C. Cantu, Robert; I. Katz, Douglas; E. Chaisson, Christine; Martin, Brett; M. Solomon, Todd; D. McClean, Michael; H. Daneshvar, Daniel; J. Nowinski, Christopher; A. Stern, Robert; C. McKee, Ann

doi:10.1002/ana.25245

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Age of first exposure to tackle football and chronic traumatic encephalopathy

Published in Annals of Neurology • Apr 30, 2018

Authors:

Michael L. Alosco

Jesse Mez

Yorghos Tripodis

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To examine the effect of age of first exposure to tackle football on chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) pathological severity and age of neurobehavioral symptom onset in tackle football players with neuropathologically confirmed CTE. METHODS: The sample included 246 tackle football pl...

Subject

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy

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