Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) is a subacute fatal neurodegenerative disease belonging to the group of prion diseases, characterized by a clinical triad of dementia, myoclonus, and EEG anomalies, along with neuropathological evidence of neuronal loss, spongiform changes, and astrocytosis. There are three types of CJD: sporadicCJD (sCJD), inherited CJD, and iatrogenic and variant CJD (vCJD). [ Orphanet:204 ]
Term information
- Orphanet:204 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- SCTID:713060000 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- MedDRA:10011384 (Orphanet:204)
- ICD10:A81.0 (Orphanet:204)
- ICD9:046.19 (i2s)
ordo_disease
Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) is a subacute fatal neurodegenerative disease belonging to the group of prion diseases, characterized by a clinical triad of dementia, myoclonus, and EEG anomalies, along with neuropathological evidence of neuronal loss, spongiform changes, and astrocytosis. There are three types of CJD: sporadicCJD (sCJD), inherited CJD, and iatrogenic and variant CJD (vCJD).
http://identifiers.org/snomedct/713060000
http://identifiers.org/meddra/10011384
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http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0022336