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Inherited Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Disease definition
A rare form of genetic prion disease characterized by typical CJD features (rapidly progressive dementia, personality/behavioral changes, psychiatric disorders, myoclonus, and ataxia) with a genetic cause and sometimes a family history of dementia.
ORPHA:282166
Classification level: DisorderA summary on this disease is available in Español (2015) Italiano (2015) Nederlands (2015)
Detailed information
General public
- Article for general public
- English (2012) - Socialstyrelsen
- Svenska (2019) - Socialstyrelsen
Disease review articles
- Clinical genetics review
- English (2021) - GeneReviews


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