Concept information
Preferred term
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Definition
- Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) is a rare, devastating, degenerative, and mostly fatal brain disorder. It is part of a group of diseases called prion diseases that occurs in humans and certain animals. [Source: Encyclopedia of Human Development; Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease]
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URI
https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/Creutzfeldt-Jakob_disease
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