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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

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 :

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  1. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (National Library of Medicine)  
    Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare, degenerative brain disorder. Symptoms usually start around age 60. Memory problems, behavior changes, vision problems, and ...
  2. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a form of brain damage that leads to a rapid decrease in movement and loss of mental function. ... CJD is caused by a protein called a prion. A prion causes normal proteins to fold abnormally. ...
  3. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)  
    Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease/Start Here ... Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease ... National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ... From the National Institutes of Health
  4. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (Alzheimer's Association)  
    Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease – learn about CJD symptoms, diagnosis, causes and treatments and how this disorder relates to Alzheimer's and other dementias.
  5. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is an organic brain syndrome caused by a protein-like particle called a prion. Loss of ...
  6. ... people with familial forms of prion disease, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS), and fatal familial ...
  7. Information for People Treated with Pituitary Human Growth Hormone From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)  
    Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease/Related Issues ... Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease ... Growth Disorders/Related Issues ... Growth Disorders ... National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive ...
  8. ... which have overlapping signs and symptoms, include familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS), and fatal familial ...
  9. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease/Diagnosis and Tests ... Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
  10. Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease/Specifics ... Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
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