loading...| Preferred Name |
Jakob-Creutzfeldt Disease |
| Synonyms |
CJD |
| Definitions |
<p>Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare, <a href="https://medlineplus.gov/degenerativenervediseases.html">degenerative brain disorder</a>. Symptoms usually start around age 60. Memory problems, behavior changes, vision problems, and poor muscle coordination progress quickly to <a href="https://medlineplus.gov/dementia.html">dementia</a>, coma, and death. Most patients die within a year.</p> <p>The three main categories of CJD are :</p><ul> <li>Sporadic CJD, which occurs for no known reason </li> <li>Hereditary CJD, which runs in families</li> <li>Acquired CJD, which occurs from contact with infected tissue, usually during a medical procedure</li> </ul> <p>Cattle can get a disease related to CJD called bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or "mad cow disease." There is concern that people can get a variant of CJD from eating beef from an infected animal, but there is no direct proof to support this.</p> <p class="">NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke</p> |
| ID |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0022336 |
| altLabel |
CJD Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease |
| cui |
C0022336 |
| Date created |
08/24/2000 |
| definition |
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 :
Cattle can get a disease related to CJD called bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) or "mad cow disease." There is concern that people can get a variant of CJD from eating beef from an infected animal, but there is no direct proof to support this. NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke |
| Inverse of RQ |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0376329 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C0022336 |
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| MP OTHER LANGUAGE URL |
Spanish https://medlineplus.gov/spanish/creutzfeldtjakobdisease.html |
| MP PRIMARY INSTITUTE URL |
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/ |
| notation |
C0022336 |
| prefLabel |
Jakob-Creutzfeldt Disease |
| Related to |
http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C2362512 http://purl.bioontology.org/ontology/MEDLINEPLUS/C1456535 |
| Scope Statement |
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a rare, degenerative brain disorder. CJD progresses rapidly and is fatal. Learn how to prevent CJD. https://medlineplus.gov/creutzfeldtjakobdisease.html |
| tui |
T047 |
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