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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease(CJD) is a form of brain damage that causes a rapid decrease of mental function and movement.Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy; vCJD; CJD; Jacob-Creutzfeldt disease.CJD is believed to result from a protein called a p...
Source:ADAM
Date:August 6, 2007
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease(CJD) is a transmissible, rapidly progressing, fatal neurodegenerative disorder related to"mad cow disease.".Before 1995, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease was little known outside the medical profession. Indeed, most physicians d...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease(CJD) is a rapidly progressive disease causing damage to the brain. It is one of a group of rare diseases that affects humans and animals, known as transmissible spongiform encephalopathies(TSE) and is believed to be cause...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
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