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January 01, 2019; 92 (1) Clinical/Scientific Notes

Estimating the prevalence at death of CTE neuropathology among professional football players

Zachary O. Binney, Kathleen E. Bachynski
First published November 28, 2018, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000006699
Zachary O. Binney
From Emory University (Z.O.B.), Atlanta, GA; and NYU Langone Health (K.E.B.), New York, NY.
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Kathleen E. Bachynski
From Emory University (Z.O.B.), Atlanta, GA; and NYU Langone Health (K.E.B.), New York, NY.
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Estimating the prevalence at death of CTE neuropathology among professional football players
Zachary O. Binney, Kathleen E. Bachynski
Neurology Jan 2019, 92 (1) 43-45; DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000006699

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In July 2017, JAMA published results from autopsies of the brains of 202 deceased American football players.1 Of the 111 participants who had played in the National Football League (NFL), 110 (99%) received a neuropathologic diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a progressive neurodegenerative disease associated with head trauma. This 99% figure received substantial media coverage when the study was published.

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  • Received July 20, 2018.
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  • © 2018 American Academy of Neurology
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