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Hierarchy  - English - French - German - Spanish - Portuguese - Italian - Dutch    Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome Definition: A rare transmissible encephalopathy most prevalent between the ages of 50 and 70 years. Affected individuals may present with sleep disturbances, personality changes, ATAXIA; APHASIA, visual loss, weakness, muscle atrophy, MYOCLONUS, progressive dementia, and death within one year of disease onset. A familial form exhibiting autosomal dominant inheritance and a new variant CJD (potentially associated with ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM) have been described. Pathological features include prominent cerebellar and cerebral cortical spongiform degeneration and the presence of PRIONS. (From N Engl J Med, 1998 Dec 31;339(27)) Synonym(s): CJD Variant (V-CJD) / New Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease / Spongiform Encephalopathy, Subacute / CJD / MeSH 2010 © U.S. National Library of Medicine®. Browse - New search

Web resources for "Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome"   English (48)  French (19)  German (1)         = Site with HON description   -   = Site with a robot description info: enter the site: (click below) domain of the site:   HONcode - National Hormone and Pituitary Program: Information for People Treated with Human Growth Hormone (Comprehensive Report) Page - National Endocrine and Metabolic ... www.endocrine.niddk.nih.gov 4 Volume 3, Number 2—June 1997 - Emerging Infectious Disease journal - CDC www.cdc.gov 5 Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Symptoms, Diagnosis, Treatments and Causes - RightDiagnosis.com www.wrongdiagnosis.com 6 HONcode - National Hormone and Pituitary Program: Information for People Treated with Pituitary Human Growth Hormone (Summary) Page - National Endocrine and Metabolic Dis... www.niddk.nih.gov 3 Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Fact Sheet: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) www.ninds.nih.gov 11 CJD www.cjd.ed.ac.uk   rare-diseases — National Organization for Rare Disorders www.rarediseases.org   HONcode - http://www.healthatoz.com/healthatoz/Ato... www.healthatoz.com 2 Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) Overview, Types of CJD - Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - HealthCommunities.com www.neurologychannel.com 3 HONcode - Update: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Associated with Cadaveric Dura Mater Grafts --- Japan, 1979--2003 : NIDDK www2.niddk.nih.gov 4 HONcode - Medical Dictionary: Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease - CureResearch.com www.cureresearch.com 3 HONcode - Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: MedlinePlus www.nlm.nih.gov 4 BBC - Health: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease www.bbc.co.uk   Mad Cow Disease (Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy; New variant CJD) www.virtualinfectioncentre.com   next results Broader term(s): - Dementia - Brain Diseases - Central Nervous System Diseases - Nervous System Diseases - Prion Diseases - Central Nervous System Infections Browse - New search       Medical image(s) for "Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome" click below to enlarge www.mad-cow.org Copyright © Mad Cow Disease Home page CJD - human Broader term(s): - Dementia - Brain Diseases - Prion Diseases Browse - New search       Medical News for "Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome" No results for this term. More health news Broader term(s): - Dementia - Nervous System Diseases Browse - New search       Scientific articles from MEDLINE for "Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome"   - English - French - German - Spanish - Portuguese - Italian - Dutch     All recent articles  Therapy:  by recall    /  by precision  Diagnosis:  by recall    /  by precision  Etiology:  by recall    /  by precision  Prognosis:  by recall    /  by precision Subheadings: complications / diagnosis / embryology / epidemiology / etiology / metabolism / microbiology / surgery / therapy Browse - New search       Clinical Trials for "Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome" ClinicalTrials.gov - Linking patients to medical research CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease) Quinacrine Study Notification of Donors With Positive Microbiology Markers PRION-1: Quinacrine for Human Prion Disease CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease) Quinacrine Study CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease) Quinacrine Study Broader term(s): - Dementia - Brain Diseases - Central Nervous System Diseases - Nervous System Diseases - Prion Diseases - Central Nervous System Infections Browse - New search       Medical Conferences/Events for "Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome" No results for this term. Consult HON's world-wide database of medical meetings Broader term(s): - Dementia Browse - New search       Refine the search for  "Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome" Subheadings: complications / diagnosis / embryology / epidemiology / etiology / metabolism / microbiology / surgery / therapy   Broader term(s):       Psychiatry and Psychology           Mental Disorders               Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders                   Dementia        Diseases           Nervous System Diseases               Central Nervous System Diseases                   Central Nervous System Infections                       Prion Diseases                    Brain Diseases                       Dementia  MeSH 2010 © U.S. National Library of Medicine®. Browse - New search

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