Genetic susceptibility to brain injury in sports: a role for genetic testing in athletes?
Technological advances in molecular biology during the next millennium may cause an explosion of genetic information about athletes' predisposition to illness and injury. Recent discoveries about a possible genetic predisposition to brain injury in boxers may be the tip of the iceberg, with far-reaching implications for members of the sports medicine community.
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Charles R. Drew University of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, 90059, USA.