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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. Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD), Prion Diseases
  6. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is an organic brain syndrome caused by a protein-like particle called a prion. Loss of ...
  7. ... people with familial forms of prion disease, including Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS), and fatal familial ...
  8. Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD): Risk for Travelers (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)  
    Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (vCJD)
  9. 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 ...
  10. ... which have overlapping signs and symptoms, include familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), Gerstmann-Sträussler-Scheinker syndrome (GSS), and fatal familial ...
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