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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease |
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: see prion prion , infectious agent thought to cause a group of diseases known as
prion diseases or transmissible spongiform encephalopathies. Well-known prion diseases are Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and kuru in humans, scrapie in sheep, bovine spongiform ..... Click the link for more information. . Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseaseor CJDRare fatal disease of the central nervous system. It destroys brain tissue, making it spongy and causing progressive loss of mental functioning and motor control. The disease commonly arises in adults between the ages of 40 and 70. Patients usually die within a year. There is no known cure. The disease is caused by a prion that builds up in neurons. Inherited or random mutation accounts for 99% of cases; the rest come from prion exposure during medical procedures and possibly from eating the meat of cattle with mad cow disease. Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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