Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: The dangers of getting "dinged"

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Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-14

  Lakhan, Shaheen E ^a   Kirchgessner, Annette ^a,b  

^a Global Neuroscience Initiative Foundation   (United States)

^b SETON HALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Concussion; Contact sports; Dementia; Neurodegeneration; Taupathy; Tdp 43; Traumatic brain injury

Indexed keywords

EID: 84873515363     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21931801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2193-1801-1-2     Document Type: Review

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