Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Creutz·feldt-Ja·kob disease (kroits

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kôp)

A rare, usually fatal disease of the brain, characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control, that occurs most often in middle age and is caused by a slow virus. Also called Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease.

[After Hans G. Creutzfeld (1883-1964) and Alfons M. Jakob (1884-1931), German psychiatrists.]

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease [ˈkrɔɪtsfɛlt ˈjɑːkɒp]

(Medicine / Pathology) Pathol a fatal slow-developing disease that affects the central nervous system, characterized by mental deterioration and loss of coordination of the limbs. It is thought to be caused by an abnormal prion protein in the brain

[named after Hans G. Creutzfeldt (1885-1964) and Alfons Jakob (1884-1931), German physicians]

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (kroits

lt-yä

kôp)

A rare, usually fatal encephalopathy that occurs most often in middle age and is likely caused by a prion. It is characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control. The disease is named after its discoverers, German pathologist Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt (1885-1964) and German neurologist Alfons Maria Jakob (1884-1931).

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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease - rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus; characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control

CJD, Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease

brain disease, brain disorder, encephalopathy - any disorder or disease of the brain

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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

n no pl → Creutzfeldt-Jakob-Krankheit f

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But he added that precautions had already been taken to reduce the risk of transmitting variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease by blood.

CASE FOUR OF CJD BY BLOOD by The Mirror (London, England)

Peter Longstaff, 45, of Jesmond, Newcastle, learned in 2001 that in his treatment for haemophilia he had been exposed 11 times to blood from donors who have since died from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.

Call for donors in blood danger fear by The Journal (Newcastle, England)

Scientists have estimated that 120 people per million could be at increased risk of developing variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease.

New fears over BSE infections by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)

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