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Creutzfeldt Jacob Disease

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A rare transmittable degenerative disorder of the brain caused by prions. Morphologically it is characterized by spongiform degeneration of the cerebral and cerebellar cortex. Signs and symptoms include sleep disturbances, personality changes, aphasia, ataxia, muscle atrophy and weakness, visual loss, and myoclonus. It usually leads to death within a year from the onset of the disease. [ ]

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Creutzfeldt Jacob Disease

Synonyms
  • CJD
  • CJD (Creutzfeldt Jakob disease)
  • Creutzfeldt Jacob disease
  • Creutzfeldt Jacob syndrome
  • Creutzfeldt Jakob disease
  • Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Familial
  • Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
  • Familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
  • Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease
  • Spongiform Encephalopathy, Subacute
  • Subacute spongiform encephalopathy
  • classic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
  • transmissible virus dementia
database cross reference
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_11949, http://identifiers.org/snomedct/792004, http://identifiers.org/mesh/D007562, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C26802

gwas trait

true

has related synonym

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

id

EFO:0004226

term editor

Dani Welter

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