Defining traumatic encephalopathy syndrome - advances and challenges

C Munro Cullum^{1

2

3}, Christian LoBue^{4

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Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. munro.cullum@utsouthwestern.edu.
² Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. munro.cullum@utsouthwestern.edu.
³ Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. munro.cullum@utsouthwestern.edu.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
⁵ Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.

Comment

C Munro Cullum et al. Nat Rev Neurol. 2021 Jun.

. 2021 Jun;17(6):331-332.

doi: 10.1038/s41582-021-00500-0.

C Munro Cullum^{1

2

3}, Christian LoBue^{4

5}

¹ Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. munro.cullum@utsouthwestern.edu.
² Department of Neurology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. munro.cullum@utsouthwestern.edu.
³ Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA. munro.cullum@utsouthwestern.edu.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.
⁵ Department of Neurological Surgery, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA.

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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Consensus Diagnostic Criteria for Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome.
Katz DI, Bernick C, Dodick DW, Mez J, Mariani ML, Adler CH, Alosco ML, Balcer LJ, Banks SJ, Barr WB, Brody DL, Cantu RC, Dams-O'Connor K, Geda YE, Jordan BD, McAllister TW, Peskind ER, Petersen RC, Wethe JV, Zafonte RD, Foley ÉM, Babcock DJ, Koroshetz WJ, Tripodis Y, McKee AC, Shenton ME, Cummings JL, Reiman EM, Stern RA. Katz DI, et al. Neurology. 2021 May 4;96(18):848-863. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000011850. Epub 2021 Mar 15. Neurology. 2021. PMID: 33722990 Free PMC article. Review.

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