CJD
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- noun
- /siː dʒeɪ diː/
- Specialized
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CJD
- Due to its rare nature, many are unfamiliar with the symptoms of CJD and how it affects individuals.
- iatrogenic CJD
- sporadic CJD
- variant CJD
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The cases of CJD that are associated with HGH treatment are of the third type.
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The dreadful fact about CJD is that there are no available treatments for it.
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There are about 200 cases of CJD in the U.S. every year.
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Multiple forms of CJD have been recognized.
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Japanese forms of CJD have a much longer duration, with patients living beyond 4 years.
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The patients acquired CJD through the performance of a medical procedure.
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The ultimate diagnosis of CJD depends on neuropathologic findings in correlation with clinical history.
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One such encephalopathy, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), has been recognized for more than a century.
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CJD progresses relentlessly as patients develop further mental deterioration and movement disorders, such as chorea and myoclonus.
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Doctors are concerned about the rise of CJD, a disease linked to severe brain damage.
Synonyms
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A rare brain disease that causes rapid memory loss, loss of muscle control, and is usually fatal
A rare, usually fatal brain disease in middle age that causes rapidly worsening memory and loss of muscle control
Surface Forms
Morphology
CJD = Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (opaque) = C + J + D
The abbreviation 'CJD' is an initialism formed from the disease name; the letters do not transparently convey the medical meaning to learners.
Etymology
CJD is named after the two doctors Creutzfeldt and Jakob, who first described this rare, usually fatal 'brain disorder'. A helpful way to remember it is to think of the letters C and J as the first letters of their names, so CJD refers to that serious disease of the brain.