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  1. Genetic Prion Disease - GeneReviews® - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1229
    ... term GeneReviews Advanced Search Help < Prev Next > Genetic Prion Disease Inga Zerr , MD and Matthias Schmitz , MD. ... with rapidly progressive dementia, see Geschwind [2016] . Other Prion Diseases Sporadic CJD (i.e., CJD of unknown ...
  2. Prion disease: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/prion-disease
    ... iatrogenic. Learn more about the gene associated with Prion disease PRNP Inheritance Familial forms of prion disease ...
  3. Kuru 
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001379.htm
    Prion disease - kuru ... disease. It is caused by an infectious protein (prion) found in contaminated human brain tissue. Kuru is ... Bosque PJ, Tyler KL. Prions and prion disease of the central nervous system (transmissible neurodegenerative diseases). In: Bennett JE, Dolin R, Blaser MJ, eds. Mandell, ...
  4. Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease 
    https://medlineplus.gov/creutzfeldtjakobdisease.html
    Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare, degenerative brain disorder. CJD progresses rapidly and is fatal. Learn how to prevent CJD. ... Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) ...
  5. Degenerative Nerve Diseases 
    https://medlineplus.gov/degenerativenervediseases.html
    Neurodegenerative (degenerative nerve) diseases are disorders that destroy motor neurons. Parkinson's is an examples. See a list of all the diseases. ... Degenerative nerve ...
  6. PRNP gene: MedlinePlus Genetics 
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/prnp
    ... features of HDL1. More About This Health Condition Prion disease Many variants in the PRNP gene have been identified in people with familial forms of prion disease, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), Gerstmann-Sträussler- ...
  7. xmlghr-summaries.xml 
    https://medlineplus.gov/download/ghr-summaries.xml
    ... published></health-condition-summary><health-condition-summary ><name >Prion disease</name><ghr-page >https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/prion-disease</ghr-page><text-list ><text ><text-role > ...
  8. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease 
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000788.htm
    CJD is caused by a protein called a prion. A prion causes normal proteins to fold abnormally. This affects ... CJD occurs when a person inherits the abnormal prion from a parent (this form of CJD is ...
  9. Spinocerebellar Ataxia Type 17 - GeneReviews® - NCBI Bookshelf 
    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1438
    ... dementia. Familial Creutzfeld-Jakob disease (fCJD) (See Genetic Prion Disease .) PRNP AD Typically late onset; progressive dementia; ... pathogenic variant (8 extra octapeptide repeats) in the prion protein gene, PRNP , on chromosome 20p [ Laplanche et ...
  10. Genetic Conditions: P 
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition-p
    ... Primitive renal tubule syndrome, see Renal tubular dysgenesis Prion disease Prion protein diseases, see Prion disease Prion-associated disorders, see Prion disease Prion- ...
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare, degenerative brain disorder. CJD progresses rapidly and is fatal. Learn how to prevent CJD.

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