Chronic traumatic encephalopathy: A potential late and under recognized consequence of rugby union?

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 11-15

  Stewart, W ^a   McNamara, P H ^b   Lawlor, B ^b   Hutchinson, S ^b   Farrell, M ^c  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUGBY; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; BRAIN; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN INJURY; COMPLICATION; FOOTBALL; INJURIES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

BRAIN; BRAIN CONCUSSION; BRAIN INJURY, CHRONIC; FOOTBALL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION;

EID: 84964579695     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: 14602393     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hcv070     Document Type: Article

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