Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
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Named after German neurologists Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt (1885–1964) and Alfons Maria Jakob (1884–1931).
noun Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
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A rare, progressive, fatal disease of the nervous system, characterized by dementia and loss of muscle control. It is a prion disease, apparently transmissible from animals to humans by eating infected tissue, as well as from tissue interchanges among humans (e.g. corneal transplants, blood transfusions).
Similar: CJD
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noun Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
| Español | enfermedad de Creutzfeldt-Jakob |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | クロイツフェルト・ヤコブ病 kuroitsuferuto-yakobubyō |
| 中文 | 克雅二氏病 Kè-Yǎ èrshì bìng |
| Português | doença de Creutzfeldt-Jakob |
| Français | maladie de Creutzfeld-Jakob |
| Deutsch | Creutzfeldt-Jakob-Krankheit |
| Ελληνικά | νόσος Κρόιτσφελντ-Γιάκομπ nósos Króitsfelnt-Giákomp, σπογγώδης εγκεφαλοπάθεια των βοοειδών spongódis egkefalopátheia ton vooeidón |
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year = {2026},
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