Long-term health outcomes after exposure to repeated concussion in elite level: rugby union players

T M McMillan; P McSkimming; J Wainman-Lefley; L M Maclean; J Hay; A McConnachie; W Stewart

doi:10.1136/jnnp-2016-314279

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Long-term health outcomes after exposure to repeated concussion in elite level: rugby union players

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T M McMillan Institute for Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Gartnavel Royal Hospital, Glasgow, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
P McSkimming Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
J Wainman-Lefley Institute for Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Gartnavel Royal Hospital, Glasgow, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
L M Maclean Institute for Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow, Gartnavel Royal Hospital, Glasgow, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
J Hay Department of Neuropathology, Laboratory Medicine Building, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
A McConnachie Robertson Centre for Biostatistics, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles
W Stewart Department of Neuropathology, Laboratory Medicine Building, Queen Elizabeth University Hospital, Glasgow, UK Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK PubMed articles Google scholar articles

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McMillan TM, McSkimming P, Wainman-Lefley J, et al

Long-term health outcomes after exposure to repeated concussion in elite level: rugby union players

Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery & Psychiatry 2017;88:505-511.

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Received June 24, 2016
Revised September 12, 2016
Accepted September 12, 2016
First published October 7, 2016.

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December 15, 2017

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