Premortem Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy Diagnoses in Professional Football.
Rachel GrashowMarc G WeisskopfAaron BaggishFrank E SpeizerAlicia J WhittingtonLee NadlerAnn ConnorRobyn KeskeHerman TaylorRoss D ZafonteÁlvaro Pascual-LeonePublished in: Annals of neurology (2020)
Some former professional football players have been clinically diagnosed with CTE, a postmortem condition. Comorbidities that can affect cognition were associated with CTE diagnoses in both older and younger players. Although underlying neuropathology cannot be ruled out, treatable conditions should be explored in former athletes demonstrating CTE-linked clinical phenotypes or symptoms as a means of improving cognitive health in these patients. ANN NEUROL 2020 ANN NEUROL 2020;88:106-112.
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