About The Medical Condition CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease)
Find the definition of the medical term CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease). CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease) defined and explained for easy understanding at the Medical Conditions from ClusterMed.info.
CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease)
| CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease) Medical Condition |
|---|
What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease)?
A rare transmissible encephalopathy most prevalent between the ages of 50 and 70 years. Affected individuals may present with sleep disturbances, personality changes, ATAXIA; APHASIA, visual loss, weakness, muscle atrophy, MYOCLONUS, progressive dementia, and death within one year of disease onset. A familial form exhibiting autosomal dominant inheritance and a new variant CJD (potentially associated with ENCEPHALOPATHY, BOVINE SPONGIFORM) have been described. Pathological features include prominent cerebellar and cerebral cortical spongiform degeneration and the presence of PRIONS. (From N Engl J Med, 1998 Dec 31;339(27))
|
More Medical Conditions
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Medical Conditions Definitions Of The Day
- Radioactive Air Pollutants ‐ Pollutants, present in air, which exhibit…
- Exenterations, Pelvic ‐ Removal of all of the organs and adjacent structures of the pelvis.…
- Receptors, LDL ‐ Receptors on the plasma membrane of nonhepatic cells that specifically…
- Pro-Leu-Gly-NH2 ‐ A hypothalamic tripeptide, enzymatic degradation product of oxytocin,…
- Ovarian Neoplasm ‐ Tumors or cancer of…
- Osteochondroma ‐ A cartilage-capped benign tumor that often appears as a stalk…
- Maleate, Vecuronium ‐ Monoquaternary homolog of PANCURONIUM. A non-depolarizing neuromuscular…
- PRINS ‐ A technique that labels specific sequences in whole chromosomes…
- Mutations, Missense ‐ A mutation in which a codon is mutated to one directing the incorporation…
- Inert Gas Narcoses ‐ Progressive mental disturbances and unconsciousness due to breathing…