Documentation Improvement Handbook 10-19-11 PROOF.PDF

Groups that experience repeated head injuries, such as boxers, football players, and combat veterans, may be at risk for chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a pathological diagnosis exemplified by increased risk of dementia, mid-late life cognitive impairment, neuropsychiatric disturbances, and evidence of tau tangles at autopsy (McKee, et ... ................
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