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Clinical Presentation of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.
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Seminars in neurology [Semin Neurol] 2020 Aug; Vol. 40 (4), pp. 370-383. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Aug 02. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a neurodegenerative disease associated with repetitive head impacts (RHI), such as those received in contact/collision sports, blast injury in military veterans, and domestic violence. Currently, CTE can only be diagnosed following death. Although the clinical features of former boxers have been described for almost a century, and there is increasing evidence of long-term cognitive and neuropsychiatric impairments in living former American football players, the specific clinical presentation associated with underlying CTE neuropathology remains unclear. These features include diverse and nonspecific changes in cognition, mood, behavior, and motor functioning. Currently, there are no validated and widely accepted clinical diagnostic criteria. Proposed criteria are primarily based on retrospective telephonic interviews with the next of kin of individuals who were diagnosed with CTE postmortem. Prospective studies involving individuals presumably at high risk for CTE are underway; these will hopefully clarify the clinical features and course of CTE, allow the diagnostic criteria to be refined, and lead to the development and validation of in vivo biomarkers. This article reviews what is currently known about the clinical presentation of CTE and describes the evolution of this knowledge from early case reports of "punch drunk" boxers through larger case series of neuropathologically confirmed CTE. This article concludes with a discussion of gaps in research and future directions to address these areas.<br />Competing Interests: None.<br /> (Thieme. All rights reserved.)
- Subjects :
- Humans
Athletic Injuries complications
Athletic Injuries diagnosis
Athletic Injuries physiopathology
Behavioral Symptoms diagnosis
Behavioral Symptoms etiology
Behavioral Symptoms physiopathology
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy complications
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy diagnosis
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy physiopathology
Cognitive Dysfunction diagnosis
Cognitive Dysfunction etiology
Cognitive Dysfunction physiopathology
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1098-9021
- Volume :
- 40
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Seminars in neurology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32740900
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1055/s-0040-1713624