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Sport-Related Concussions

Paranoia or Legitimate Concern?

Kevin Guskiewicz
North Carolina Medical Journal April 2015, 76 (2) 93-94; DOI: https://doi.org/10.18043/ncm.76.2.93
Kevin Guskiewicz
Kenan Distinguished Professor, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; codirector, Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
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