Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease – synonyms, diagnosis, treatment Definition of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Subacute spongy encephalopathy (related to the disease kuru, scrapie, bovine spongy encephalopathy = BSE, “mad cow disease”), “prion disease” Epidemiology of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Incidence is 0.8 per 1 million people. Etiopathogenesis of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: – Slow virus (prion) – Theory of prions: a prion gene […]
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