Traumatic Brain Injury and Firearm Use and Risk of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Among Veterans

Traumatic Brain Injury and Firearm Use and Risk of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Among Veterans

Background: Progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) is a tauopathy that has a multifactorial etiology. Numerous studies that have investigated lead exposure and traumatic brain injury (TBI) as risk factors for other tauopathies, such as Alzheimer's disease, but not for PSP.Objective: We sought to...

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Main Authors: Kristen D. Kelley, Harvey Checkoway, Deborah A. Hall, Stephen G. Reich, Chris Cunningham, Irene Litvan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
PSP
case-control study
military
firearms
traumatic brain injury
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2018.00474/full

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