CJD

"medpix case - creutzfeldt-jakob disease (cjd)", by Original Source: Christopher M Knaus; Author: Christopher M Knaus (Walter Reed National Military Medical Center); Approved By: James G. Smirniotopoulos, M.D. (Uniformed Services University);. Diffusion weighted image...

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a uncommon and deadly condition that impacts the brain. making use of human pituitary remove hormone for infertility or brief stature; dura mater grafts used in brain surgery to fix damage to the membrane layer covering the brain; corneal grafts, three cases have been taped worldwide; exposure to polluted neurosurgical equipment, 5 cases have been recorded worldwide. the first-degree family members of those that have died from occasional CJD; families with hereditary CJD; receivers of human pituitary hormonal agent essence; anyone who received neurosurgery on the head, neck or spinal cord in between 1972 and 1987.

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