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ArticleCurrent treatment options in neurology2014

Current understanding of chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

Christine M Baugh, Clifford A Robbins, Robert A Stern, Ann C McKee

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Article in Current treatment options in neurology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 39 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

39 citing papers in PubMed.

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  17. Dangers of Mixed Martial Arts in the Development of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Christine M BaughBoston University School of Medicine, CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E. Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Clifford A RobbinsBoston University School of Medicine, CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E. Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Robert A Stern *Boston University School of Medicine, CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E. Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA 02118, USA.
Ann C McKee *Boston University School of Medicine, CTE Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 72 E. Concord Street, Suite B7800, Boston, MA 02118, USA.

Funding

Neuropathology CoreP30AG013846 · NIA · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI KOWALL, NEIL W. · 1996 to 2020
$29.1M
CTE and Posttraumatic Neurodegeneration: Neuropathology and Ex Vivo ImagingU01NS086659 · NINDS · BOSTON UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CAMPUS · PI MCKEE, ANN C. · 2014 to 2017
$6.1M
NIA NIH HHS P30 AG013846NINDS NIH HHS U01 NS086659
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

opinion statementChronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a unique neurodegenerative disease found in individuals with a history of repetitive head impacts. The neuropathology of CTE is increasingly well defined. Prospective, longitudinal studies with post-mortem neuropathologic validation as well as in vivo diagnostic techniques are needed in order to advance the understanding of CTE clinically. Given the large number of individuals who incur concussions and other forms of brain trauma, this is an important area for scientific and public health inquiry.

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PMID25023937
PMCPMC4255271

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