Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
degenerative neurological disorder
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Summary
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a designated intractable/rare disease[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of designated intractable rare disease entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (108,155 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: rare disease[3], class of disease[4]
- Named after: Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt[5], Alfons Maria Jakob[6]
- Subclass of: transmissible spongiform encephalopathy[7], disease[8]
- Commons category: Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease[9]
- Symptoms and signs: dementia[10], myoclonus[11]
- Has cause: prion[12]
- Medical examination: medical history[13], neurological diagnostic techniques[14], magnetic resonance imaging[15], electroencephalography[16], autopsy[17], neurological examination[18], histopathology[19]
- Possible treatment: unknown[20], palliative care[21]
- Prevalence: 0.0000015[22], 0.00024[23]
- External data available at URL: http://www.nanbyou.or.jp/entry/5370[24]
- ICD-9-CM: 046.1[25], 046.19[26]
- NCI Thesaurus ID: C26802[27]
- Short name: CJD[28], MCJ[29], CJK[30], ECJ[31], БКЯ[32], DCJ[33], ԿՅՀ[34], КЈБ[35], KJB[36], CJB[37], ସିଜେଡି[38]
- Health specialty: neurology[39], infectious diseases[40]
- Genetic association: PRNP[41], MTMR7[42]
- Exact match: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/DOID_11949[43], http://identifiers.org/doid/DOID:11949[44]
Why It Matters
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[45] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[46]