Citation

Smith DH, Stewart W. Nat. Rev. Neurol. 2020; ePub(ePub): ePub.

Affiliation

Neuropathology Research Laboratory, Institute of Neuroscience and Psychology, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, UK. william.stewart@glasgow.ac.uk.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1038/s41582-020-0334-6

PMID

32152459

Abstract

Mortality from neurodegenerative disease is high among professional soccer players, potentially associated with repeated head impacts during routine gameplay. New data suggest that the apolipoprotein E ε4 allele might exacerbate the effects of soccer ball heading on cognition. However, genotyping of athletes to determine their dementia risk remains a distant prospect ...

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