Sports-related concussion
Truth be told
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- First Published July 19, 2013.
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- Brian Hainline, MD, FAAN, FACSM,
- William W. Dexter, MD, FACSM and
- John DiFiori, MD
- Brian Hainline, MD, FAAN, FACSM,
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- William W. Dexter, MD, FACSM and
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(1) Maine Medical Center, Director of Sports Medicine
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- John DiFiori, MD
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- National Collegiate Athletic Association (BH); American College of Sports Medicine (WWD), Indianapolis, IN; and American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (JD), Leawood, KS.
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Submitted June 21, 2014 - AUTHORS RESPOND: Sports-related concussion: Truth be told
- Brian Hainline, National Collegiate Athletic Association, bhainline@ncaa.org
- William W. Dexter, MD, FACSM, American College of Sports Medicine; and John DiFiori, MD, American Medical Society for Sports Medicine
Submitted June 21, 2014
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