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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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Resources
- Agencies Work to Corral Mad Cow Disease (Food and Drug Administration)
- Annual Incidence Rate of BSE in Countries that Have Reported Cases (Office International des Epizooties)
- Bovine Spongiform Encepalopathy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC))
- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Chronic Wasting Disease: A Threat to Humans? (Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
- Consumer Questions and Answers about BSE (Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (Medline Plus)
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (National Institutes of Health)
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (MayoClinic)
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (Cleveland Clinic)
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (Cleveland Clinic)
- Creutzfeldt-jakob Disease (National Women's Health Information Center)
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Fact Sheet (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Dept. of Agriculture
- Dept. of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- Fact Sheet: BSE Legislative Update (Food and Drug Administration)
- Food and Drug Administration
- Genetics Home Reference: Prion disease (Genetics Home Reference)
- Human Growth Hormone and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- Information for People Treated with NHPP Human Growth Hormone (hGH) (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
- La Enfermedad de Creutzfeldt-Jakob (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
- Mad Cow Disease (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences)
- National Center for Infectious Diseases
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
- New Variant CJD (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- NIAID Research on Prion Diseases
- Prion Diseases (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
- Questions and Answers on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research)
- Questions and Answers Regarding Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) (National Center for Infectious Diseases)
- Study of Growth Hormone Treatment and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Underscores Need for Prevention of Adrenal Crises (National Institutes of Health)
- Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke)
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