Inherited Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Inherited Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Definition

Inherited or familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (fCJD) is a very rare form of genetic prion disease characterized by typical CJD features (rapidly progressive dementia, personality/behavioral changes, psychiatric disorders, myoclonus, and ataxia) with a genetic cause and sometimes a family history of dementia.

Also known as Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, variant, resistance to, hereditary Creutzfeldt Jacob disease, inherited CJD — per MONDO

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