cte may be more common than thought

Some serious limitations on the study, but there's a message about banging the head around in contact sports.

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The fact that we were able to gather so many instances of a disease that was previously considered quite rare, in eight years, speaks volumes,” says corresponding author Ann McKee, a MED professor of neurology and pathology and director of BU’s CTE Center. “There’s just no way that would be possible if this disease were truly rare.”

“I think the data are very surprising,” she adds. “We’ve sort of become accustomed to it, but it is very shocking.

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