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Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE , is a degenerative brain disease linked to repeated head trauma.
CTE is characterized by an accumulation of specific proteins in the brain, which clump together and create clusters around the organ's small blood vessels.
Early symptoms associated with CTE can appear in people's 20s and 60s , but can show up in midlife for some.
Contact sports like football, boxing and ice hockey have the highest documented rates of CTE of any sports.
The disease particularly affects athletes with long careers or roles involving frequent head impacts.
Military veterans who were previously exposed to blast injuries are also vulnerable to CTE .
There is no cure for CTE , but reducing episodes of head trauma and recognizing symptoms of concussion early may theoretically slow its progression.
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