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Boston University researchers find CTE in 345 of 376 former NFL players
1 month ago | By Boston Herald
Boston University researchers say they have now diagnosed 345 former NFL players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy out of 376 former players studied.
In comparison to that 91.7% CTE rate of studied former NFL players, a past BU study of 164 brains of men and women found that only 1 of 164 had CTE. The lone CTE case was a former college football player.
The BU researchers noted that they're not saying 91.7% of all current and former NFL players have CTE because brain bank samples are subject to selection biases. The prevalence of CTE among NFL players is unknown, as CTE can only be...
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