Inappropriate Diagnoses

A postmortem exam is the only way to diagnose CTE, yet a number of former NFL players report being told they have the degenerative brain disease   A small but concerning number of former NFL players report receiving clinical diagnoses of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), according to new research   A definitive diagnosis of the neurodegenerative brain disease, thought to be caused by repeated blows to the head, can be done only on autopsy and cannot be made based on clinical exam