New Consensus Criteria for Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome

Consensus criteria for the diagnosis of traumatic encephalopathy syndrome will help future CTE research.

Sponsoring Organization: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

Background and Objective

To develop consensus-based diagnostic criteria for traumatic encephalopathy syndrome (TES), a clinical disorder associated with neuropathologically diagnosed chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), 20 experts used a modified Delphi procedure and evidence from published cases of CTE with neuropathologic confirmation.

Key Points

Diagnosis of TES requires:

Exposure to repetitive head impacts
Impairment in episodic memory and executive functioning or other neurobehavioral compromise
That clinical features not be accounted for completely by any other neurologic, medical, or psychiatric condition

Among patients meeting criteria for TES, functional de…

Reviewing Author

Jaime Toro, MD

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