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Preferred Name

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
Synonyms

Jakob-Creutzfeldt Disease|Jakob-Creutzfeldt Syndrome|Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
ID

http://bioontology.org/projects/ontologies/birnlex#birnlex_12687
abbrev

class_or_indiv

true
definition

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 (MeSH).

external_id_urls

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/cgi/mesh/2008/MB_cgi?field=uid&term=D007562
external_ids

meshUID:D007562
label

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
mod_date

2007-10-05
preferred_label

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
prefixIRI

birnlex_12687
prefLabel

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome
retired

false
synonyms

Jakob-Creutzfeldt Disease|Jakob-Creutzfeldt Syndrome|Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease
subClassOf

http://bioontology.org/projects/ontologies/birnlex#birnlex_12686
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