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CASE REPORT
A punch drunk jockey?
1 British Journal of Sports Medicine, Melbourne, Australia
2 The Jockey Club, London, UK
Correspondence to:
Correspondence to:
M Turner
The Jockey Club, 42 Portman Square, London W1H 6EN, UK; mturner{at}thejockeyclub.co.uk
The case is reported of a retired professional jockey with progressive memory loss. The concern is that he may be suffering from chronic traumatic encephalopathy or the "punch drunk syndrome".
Keywords: brain injury; concussion; horse racing; jockey; punch drunk
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Br. J. Sports Med. 2004 38: 291.
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