Chapter 18
Chapter 18
Chapter 18
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)<br />
• The human form of mad cow disease<br />
• BSE (Bovine Spongiform encephalopathy)<br />
• Identified by Creutzfeldt and Jakob (1920)<br />
• A progressive fatal neurodegenerative<br />
disease<br />
• Usually aged between 50~75<br />
• Characterized by seizures, massive incoordination,<br />
dementia