(WHDH) — Researchers say they have made a potential breakthrough in diagnosing CTE.

They say an autopsy of a 12-year NFL veteran confirmed the disease just as a brain scan four years before his death had shown.

Researchers hope this will help them diagnose the disease while a person is alive.

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