Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in two former Australian National Rugby League players

Michael E Buckland^{1

2}, Joanne Sy³, Istvan Szentmariay⁴, Alexandra Kullen⁴, Maggie Lee³, Antony Harding³, Glenda Halliday⁵, Catherine M Suter^{3

6}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neuropathology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, 94 Mallet St, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia. michael.buckland@sydney.edu.au.
² Discipline of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, Brain & Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia. michael.buckland@sydney.edu.au.
³ Department of Neuropathology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, 94 Mallet St, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia.
⁴ Forensic and Analytical Science Service, Lidcombe, NSW, 2141, Australia.
⁵ Central Clinical School, Brain & Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, 2052, Australia.

Case Reports

Michael E Buckland et al. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2019.

. 2019 Jun 27;7(1):97.

doi: 10.1186/s40478-019-0751-1.

Michael E Buckland^{1

2}, Joanne Sy³, Istvan Szentmariay⁴, Alexandra Kullen⁴, Maggie Lee³, Antony Harding³, Glenda Halliday⁵, Catherine M Suter^{3

6}

¹ Department of Neuropathology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, 94 Mallet St, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia. michael.buckland@sydney.edu.au.
² Discipline of Pathology, School of Medical Sciences, Brain & Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia. michael.buckland@sydney.edu.au.
³ Department of Neuropathology, Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, 94 Mallet St, Camperdown, NSW, 2050, Australia.
⁴ Forensic and Analytical Science Service, Lidcombe, NSW, 2141, Australia.
⁵ Central Clinical School, Brain & Mind Centre, University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, 2006, Australia.
⁶ Faculty of Medicine, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, 2052, Australia.

Erratum in

Correction to: Chronic traumatic encephalopathy in two former Australian National Rugby League players.
Buckland ME, Sy J, Szentmariay I, Kullen A, Lee M, Harding A, Halliday G, Suter CM. Buckland ME, et al. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2019 Jul 29;7(1):122. doi: 10.1186/s40478-019-0772-9. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2019. PMID: 31358068 Free PMC article.
Publisher Correction to: Acta Neuropathologica Communications, volume 7.
Acta Neuropathologica Communications. Acta Neuropathologica Communications. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2019 Aug 14;7(1):131. doi: 10.1186/s40478-019-0784-5. Acta Neuropathol Commun. 2019. PMID: 31412936 Free PMC article.

No abstract available

Keywords: ARTAG; CTE; Chronic traumatic encephalopathy; Rugby league; Tau.

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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