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CTE: Brain disease diagnosed in female athlete for first time

2023-07-04 18:18
The degenerative brain disease - chronic traumatic encephalopathy - is linked to contact sports.
CTE: Brain disease diagnosed in female athlete for first time

Australian scientists say they have made the world's first diagnosis of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) in a professional female athlete.

Studies on the degenerative brain disease, linked to contact sports, are usually carried out on male athletes.

The diagnosis was made on the brain...