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Increased risk of dementia in football players may be due to cortical micro bleeds, silent micro infraction and due to micro contusions of the cortical layers . These lesions may be due to hitting of football or head to head collision between the football players .
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31 March 2023
M.A. Aleem
Professor of Neurology * Consultant Neurologist **
A.M.Hakkim,H.Irfan Ahmed
Dhanalakshmi Srinivasan Medical College Siruvathur Perambalur * ABC Hospital **
Siruvathur Perambalur 621212 * Annamalai nagar Trichy 620018 Tamilnadu India
Re: Male footballers are 50% more likely to develop neurodegenerative disease, finds Swedish study
Dear Editor
Dementia in Footballers
Increased risk of dementia in football players may be due to cortical micro bleeds, silent micro infraction and due to micro contusions of the cortical layers . These lesions may be due to hitting of football or head to head collision between the football players .
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