Clinical presentation of chronic traumatic encephalopathy.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The goal of this study was to examine the clinical presentation of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in neuropathologically confirmed cases.

Methods

Thirty-six adult male subjects were selected from all cases of neuropathologically confirmed CTE at the Boston University Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy brain bank. Subjects were all athletes, had no comorbid neurodegenerative or motor neuron disease, and had next-of-kin informants to provide retrospective reports of the subjects' histories and clinical presentations. These interviews were conducted blind to the subjects' neuropathologic findings.

Results

A triad of cognitive, behavioral, and mood impairments was common overall, with cognitive deficits reported for almost all subjects. Thr

SUBMITTER: Stern RA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3795597 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature