Co-occurrence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy and prion disease

Co-occurrence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy and prion disease

Abstract Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease associated with repetitive traumatic brain injury (TBI). CTE is generally found in athletes participating in contact sports and military personnel exposed to explosive blasts but can also affect civilians. Clinically and...

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Main Authors: Satish Kumar Nemani, Silvio Notari, Ignazio Cali, Victor E Alvarez, Diane Kofskey, Mark Cohen, Robert A. Stern, Brian Appleby, Joseph Abrams, Lawrence Schonberger, Ann McKee, Pierluigi Gambetti
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-12-01
Series:Acta Neuropathologica Communications
Subjects:
Chronic traumatic encephalopathy
Post-traumatic stress disorder
Traumatic brain injury
Prion diseases
Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Comorbidity
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40478-018-0643-9

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