A fairly rare
diseasce, in which a virus affects the brain, characterized by progressive
dementia and gradual loss of muscle control, that occurs most often
in middle age. The diseace is always fatal.
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Creutzfeldt-Jacobs
Disease - Fact Sheet - NINDS - Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)
is a rare, degenerative, invariably fatal brain disorder. It affects
about one person in every one million people per year worldwide; in
the United States there are about 200 cases per year. 3/5
Creutzfeldt-Jakob
Disease Foundation - This site contains information compiled with
the needs of CJD patients and their families in mind. The CJD Foundation
consists of members who want to support you through this experience.
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob
disease (CJD) Symptoms - From the BUPA Website. - CJD is a type
of disease called transmissible spongiform encephalopathy or a prion
disease. It's caused by faulty proteins in your brain. The proteins,
called prions, are the same as harmless proteins that occur naturally
on the surface of your brain cells, but they are abnormally folded
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The
National Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit UK - The
incidence of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is monitored in the UK
by the National CJD Research & Surveillance Unit (NCJDRSU) based
at the Western General Hospital in Edinburgh, Scotland. The Unit brings
together a team of clinical neurologists, neuropathologists and scientists
specialising in the investigation of this disease. - 4/5
What
is Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)? - The Alzheimers Society.Creutzfeldt-Jakob
disease (CJD) is the best known of a group of diseases called prion
disease, which affect a form of protein found in the central nervous
system and cause dementia. 3/5
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