Clinical presentation of chronic traumatic encephalopathy

• Published in: Neurology Vol. 81; no. 13; p. 1122
• Main Authors: Stern, Robert A, Daneshvar, Daniel H, Baugh, Christine M, Seichepine, Daniel R, Montenigro, Philip H, Riley, David O, Fritts, Nathan G, Stamm, Julie M, Robbins, Clifford A, McHale, Lisa, Simkin, Irene, Stein, Thor D, Alvarez, Victor E, Goldstein, Lee E, Budson, Andrew E, Kowall, Neil W, Nowinski, Christopher J, Cantu, Robert C, McKee, Ann C
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 24.09.2013
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Apolipoproteins E - genetics; Behavioral Symptoms - diagnosis; Behavioral Symptoms - etiology; Brain Injury, Chronic - complications; Brain Injury, Chronic - diagnosis; Brain Injury, Chronic - psychology; Cognition Disorders - diagnosis; Cognition Disorders - etiology; Disease Progression; Genotype; Humans; Interview, Psychological; Male; Middle Aged; Single-Blind Method; Young Adult
• ISSN: 1526-632X
• DOI: 10.1212/WNL.0b013e3182a55f7f

The goal of this study was to examine the clinical presentation of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in neuropathologically confirmed cases. Thirty-six adult male subjects were selected from all cases of neuropathologically confirmed CTE at the Boston University Center for the Study of Traumati...