Former NFL wide receiver Demaryius Thomas, who died in December at the age of 33, was posthumously diagnosed with Stage 2 chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease.
Ken Belson of the New York Times reported Tuesday that Boston University doctors believe CTE, which can only be diagnosed with a brain evaluation after death, and seizures resulting from a 2019 car crash both impacted Thomas late in his life.
"He had two different conditions in parallel," Dr. Ann McKee told Belson, adding seizures aren't typically associated with CTE.
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