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Traumatic Encephalopathy Syndrome, which is better known in its postmortem diagnosis as CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy.) TES is CTE in a living person. Multiple head injuries/brain trauma that have resulted from repeated concussions, brain bleeds & trauma; sustained by athletes at a high level of physical competition. TES has four stages, the highest rate of death is suicide in stage 3.
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