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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease - is the hole-in-brain illness contagious; check symptoms, risks & facts
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is one of the most mysterious neurological disorders known to medicine. As recent discussions have spotlighted its damage to the brain, perhaps the most central question that ...
Rather than being genetic or acquired, Johnston's CJD developed when normal prions in her brain spontaneously began ...
People who died with sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease were more likely to have been prescribed antidepressants before neurologic symptoms started, a retrospective study in Austria showed. Compared ...
Two people have died and a third remains under investigation after health officials in Hood River County identified multiple cases of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a rare but deadly brain disorder ...
CJD is caused by infectious proteins called prions. These proteins damage the brain and lead to fast-moving dementia. HealthDay News — Health officials in Hood River County, Oregon, are investigating ...
A 27-year active surveillance study of 5222 UK children identified six children with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD); the last two children developed symptoms in 2000 and died in 2003. "In ...
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