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Title: Prevalence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy at death in National Football League players: retrospective population based cohort study, 2008-21.
Authors: Daneshvar DH; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA ddaneshvar@mgh.harvard.edu.; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA 02129, USA., Nowinski CJ; Concussion and CTE Foundation, Boston, MA, USA., Abdolmohammadi B; Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA., Luster CB; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA 02129, USA., Uretsky M; Department of Psychological Science, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA., Martin BM; Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA., Palmisano JN; Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA., Weuve J; Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA., McClean MD; Department of Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA., Cherry JD; VA Boston Healthcare System, US Department of Veteran Affairs, Boston, MA, USA.; VA Bedford Healthcare System, US Department of Veteran Affairs, Bedford, MA, USA.; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA., Dwyer B; Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA., Feigel ED; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA 02129, USA., Mastrodicasa MJ; Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Boston, MA 02129, USA., Alvarez VE; VA Bedford Healthcare System, US Department of Veteran Affairs, Bedford, MA, USA., Rabinovici GD; Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA., Seeley WW; Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA., Grinberg LT; Memory and Aging Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.; Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA.; Department of Neuroscience, Mayo Clinic in Florida, Jacksonville, FL, USA., Crary JF; Department of Pathology, Icahn School of Medicine, Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA., Stein TD; VA Boston Healthcare System, US Department of Veteran Affairs, Boston, MA, USA.; VA Bedford Healthcare System, US Department of Veteran Affairs, Bedford, MA, USA.; Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA., Goldstein L; Department of Psychiatry, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA., Katz DI; Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA., Zafonte RD; University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, USA., Tripodis Y; Biostatistics and Epidemiology Data Analytics Center, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA., Cantu RC; Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.; Department of Neurosurgery, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.; Department of Neurosurgery, Emerson Hospital, Concord, MA, USA., Stern RA; Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.; Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.; Department of Neurosurgery, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA., Alosco ML; Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.; Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA., McKee AC; Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.; Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.; Framingham Heart Study, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA., Mez J; Boston University Alzheimer's Disease and CTE Centers, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.; Department of Neurology, Boston University Chobanian and Avedisian School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.; Framingham Heart Study, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA.
Source: BMJ (Clinical research ed.) [BMJ] 2026 Aug 25; Vol. 394, pp. e100418. Date of Electronic Publication: 2026 Aug 25.
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