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A fact from Chronic traumatic encephalopathy appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 August 2010 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Lou Gehrig (pictured) may not have died of Lou Gehrig's disease after all, but may instead have succumbed to chronic traumatic encephalopathy?

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Diagnosis?

The current Diagnosis section states

"Diagnosis of CTE cannot be made in living individuals. A clear diagnosis is possible during an autopsy.[17] Though there are signs and symptoms some researchers associate with CTE, there is no definitive test to prove the existence in a living person."

However, the Bennet Omalu article includes this:

"Omalu is lead author in a study published in November 2017[19] that for the first time confirmed CTE in a living person. A chemical tracer, FDDNP, binds to tau proteins, detectable by positron emission tomography, and associated with the distinctive topographical distributions characteristic of CTE. Tested on at least a dozen former NFL players, it was confirmed postmortem in former linebacker Fred McNeill.[20]"

[19] {{cite journal |last = Omalu |first = Bennet |display-authors=et al |title = Postmortem Autopsy-Confirmation of Antemortem [F-18]FDDNP-PET Scans in a Football Player With Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy |journal = Neurosurgery |volume = 82 |issue = 2 |pages = 237–246 |date = 2017 |doi = 10.1093/neuros/nyx536 |pmid = 29136240 |url = https://cloudfront.escholarship.org/dist/prd/content/qt7rd3h3g7/qt7rd3h3g7.pdf?t=p0m0y6 }}

[20] {{cite news |last = Kounang |first = Nadia |title = Ex-NFL player confirmed as 1st case of CTE in living patient. He resigned his coroner position in 2017. |newspaper = CNN |date = November 16, 2017 |url = https://www.cnn.com/2017/11/16/health/cte-confirmed-in-first-living-person-bn/ |access-date = 2017-12-11 }}

It seems to me that the Diagnosis section in this article needs an update but again, I'm not a subject matter expert and would prefer confirmation by one who knows before BEing BOLD. -- Eliyahu S ^Talk 13:23, 23 February 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Separate articles for professional wrestling & American football

I think there's enough cases and knowledge out there about the condition to merit articles specifically about CTE in both professional wrestling and American football. The Optimistic One (talk) 11:52, 16 March 2020 (UTC)[reply]

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Cheerleading?

Why would CTE be an issue in cheerleading? This needs a bit of explanation, because it's not obvious. Ianhowlett (talk) 18:06, 11 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]