Creutzfeldt Jacob disease
A rare transmittable degenerative disorder of the brain caused by prions. Morphologically it is characterized by spongiform degeneration of the cerebral and cerebellar cortex. Signs and symptoms include sleep disturbances, personality changes, aphasia, ataxia, muscle atrophy and weakness, visual loss, and myoclonus. It usually leads to death within a year from the onset of the disease. [ NCIT:P378 ]
Term info
- EFO:0004226 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- ICD9:046.1 (MONDO:i2s)
- SCTID:792004 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- MESH:D007562 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- NCIT:C26802 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- ICD9:046.19 (MONDO:relatedTo)
- DOID:11949 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- GARD:0006956 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
A rare transmittable degenerative disorder of the brain caused by prions. Morphologically it is characterized by spongiform degeneration of the cerebral and cerebellar cortex. Signs and symptoms include sleep disturbances, personality changes, aphasia, ataxia, muscle atrophy and weakness, visual loss, and myoclonus. It usually leads to death within a year from the onset of the disease.
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_11949, http://identifiers.org/snomedct/792004, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C26802, http://identifiers.org/mesh/D007562
Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease, transmissible virus dementia, CJD (Creutzfeldt Jakob disease), Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, Subacute spongiform encephalopathy, classic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, CJD, Creutzfeldt Jacob syndrome, Creutzfeldt Jakob disease
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
MONDO:0005357