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 ]
Synonyms: Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease transmissible virus dementia CJD (Creutzfeldt Jakob disease) Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Subacute spongiform encephalopathy classic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease CJD Creutzfeldt Jacob syndrome Creutzfeldt Jakob disease
Term information
- ICD9:046.19 (MONDO:relatedTo)
- MESH:D007562 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- UMLS:C0022336 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- MEDGEN:7179 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- NORD:1014 (MONDO:NORD)
- EFO:0004226 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- DOID:11949 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- SCTID:792004 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- NCIT:C26802 (MONDO:equivalentTo)
- ICD9:046.1 (MONDO:i2s)
gard_rare, otar, rare, nord_rare
http://identifiers.org/snomedct/792004
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_11949
http://identifiers.org/medgen/7179
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCIT_C26802
http://identifiers.org/mesh/D007562
http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0022336