Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is an organic brain syndrome caused by a protein-like particle called a prion. Loss of brain function resembles Alzheimer's disease, but is very rapid in progression. Complete dementia usually occurs by the sixth month, death follows quickly. There is no known cure.
Review Date: 09/19/2005
Reviewed By: J. Gordon Lambert, MD, Associate Medical Director; G. Eric Morgan,
MS3; Cynthia Godsey, MHSE, MSN, FNP-C, Director of Product Content,
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