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I hit my head often accidentally on car doors, boxes above me, etc. can i develop cte from these trivial head bumps?
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Not CTE: Concussion yes but not CTE. CTE occurrs with chronic repetitive impacts over a long time not a few isolated events
Answered 12/20/2017
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