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Creutzfeldt-jakob Disease |
CJD; Jakob-Creutzfeldt Disease; vCJD |
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a very rare and incurable degenerative neurological disorder (brain disease) that is ultimately fatal. It is the most common of the transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). Causes Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy diseases (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 ...
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Creutzfeldt-jakob Disease Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.cdc.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases http://www.cancer.gov/
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development http://www.nichd.nih.gov/
- Food and Drug Administration
- National Center for Infectious Diseases
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases http://www.niddk.nih.gov/
- National Library of Medicine
- Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.niehs.nih.gov/
- Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research
- Office International des Epizooties
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, HHS http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- MayoClinic http://www.mayoclinic.com/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
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