Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001579",
  "term": "Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "A rare transmissible encephalopathy most prevalent between the ages of 50 and 70 years. Affected individuals may present with sleep disturbances, personality changes, ataxia, aphasia, visual loss, weakness, muscle atrophy, myoclonus, progressive dementia, and death within one year of disease onset. Pathological features include prominent cerebellar and cerebral cortical spongiform degeneration and the presence of prions.",
  "synonyms": [
    "CJD (Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease)",
    "Creutzfeldt Jakob Syndrome",
    "Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease",
    "Jakob Creutzfeldt Disease",
    "Jakob Creutzfeldt Syndrome",
    "Jakob-Creutzfeldt Disease",
    "Jakob-Creutzfeldt Syndrome",
    "V-CJD (Variant-Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease)",
    "Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease",
    "new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease",
    "new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome",
    "new variant Jakob Creutzfeldt Disease"
  ],
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "prion diseases",
    "bovine spongiform encephalopathy"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "síndrome de Creutzfeldt-Jakob"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/creutzfeldt-jakob-syndrome/"
}