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Research Article

A mesoscale finite element modeling approach for understanding brain morphology and material heterogeneity effects in chronic traumatic encephalopathy

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Pages 1169-1183 | Received 09 Jun 2020, Accepted 19 Dec 2020, Published online: 26 Feb 2021

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