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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
Also called: CJD
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare, degenerative brain disorder. Symptoms usually start around age 60. Memory problems, behavior changes, vision problems and poor muscle coordination progress quickly to dementia, coma and death. Most patients die within a year.
The three main categories of CJD are
- sporadic CJD, which occurs for no known reason
- hereditary CJD, which runs in families
- acquired CJD, which occurs from contact with infected tissue, usually during a medical procedure
Cattle can get a disease related to CJD called bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or "mad cow disease." It is possible that people can get a variant of CJD from eating beef from an infected animal.
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
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Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (Prion Diseases)(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
- vCJD (Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease)(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease(Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research)
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) - Short Summary
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Prion Diseases(National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
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Latest News
- FDA Strengthens Safeguards for Consumers of Beef(04/23/2008, Food and Drug Administration)
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Prevention/Screening
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Fact Sheet for Healthcare Workers and Morticians(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Fact Sheet for Healthcare Workers and Morticians
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Specific Conditions
- Prions and Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies(Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition)
- Questions and Answers on Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy(Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research)
- vCJD (Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease)(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Related Issues
- Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy: Production and Inspection(Dept. of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service)
- CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, Classic)(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (Variant) and Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (Prion Diseases): Health Information for International Travel(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Information for People Treated with Human Growth Hormone (Summary)(National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
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Clinical Trials
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Prion Diseases(National Institutes of Health)
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ClinicalTrials.gov: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
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Genetics
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Genetics Home Reference: Prion disease(National Library of Medicine)
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Genetics Home Reference: Prion disease
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Research
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NIAID Research on Prion Diseases(National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)
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Pressure Combined with Heat Reduces Prion Infectivity in Processed Meats(National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)
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NIAID Research on Prion Diseases
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References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)
- Article: French doctors on trial for manslaughter.
- Article: French doctors are tried for treating children with infected growth...
- Article: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: reflections on the risk from blood product therapy.
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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- Dept. of Agriculture, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service
- Food and Drug Administration
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National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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Law and Policy
- USDA's BSE Surveillance Efforts(Dept. of Agriculture) - Links to PDF
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Statistics
- BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, or Mad Cow Disease)(Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
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Children
- Mad Cow Disease(Nemours Foundation)
- What's Mad Cow Disease?(Nemours Foundation)
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Teenagers
- Mad Cow Disease(Nemours Foundation)
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Date last updated: 07 May 2008 Topic last reviewed: 12 February 2008 |