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SUBMITTER: Kim HJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5821170 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Kim Han Jun HJ Tsao Jack W JW Stanfill Ansley Grimes AG
JCI insight 20180111 1
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) is a common occurrence, with over 3 million cases reported every year in the United States. While research into the underlying pathophysiology is ongoing, there is an urgent need for better clinical guidelines that allow more consistent diagnosis of mTBI and ensure safe return-to-play timelines for athletes, nonathletes, and military personnel. The development of a suite of biomarkers that indicate the pathogenicity of mTBI could lead to clinically useful tools ...[more]