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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Health Center

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a degenerative brain disorder which leads to dementia and ultimately death. Symptoms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) are sometimes similar to those of other dementia-like brain disorders like Alzheimer's, but Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease typically progresses more rapidly. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease captured public attention in the 1990s when individuals in the UK developed a form of the disease, variant CJD (vCJD) after eating meat from disease cattle. The "classic" Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, however, has not been linked contaminated beef.

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