Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) is a very rare and incurable brain disease that is ultimately fatal. It is the most common of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). TSEs (also known as prion diseases) are caused by a unique type of infectious agent called prions, an abnormally-structured form of a protein found in the brain. Other prion diseases include Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS), fatal familial insomnia (FFI) and kuru in humans, as well as BSE and scrapie in animals.
See also
- Scrapie, a similar disease which affects sheep.
~ Table of Content ~
| ► | Introduction |
| ► | Clinical features of CJD |
| ► | Prions |
| ► | Diagnosis |
| ► | Blood donor restrictions |
| ► | See also |
| ► | References |
| ► | External links |
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