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• Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease — A transmissible degenerative brain disorder technically termed spongiform encephalopathy. Eating "mad cow" meat or squirrel brain can lead to Jaqcob Creuzfeldt like disease. Jakob Creutzfeldt disease, better known as Creutzfeldt Jakob… …   Medical dictionary

• Jakob’s disease — Better known as Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD), a dementing disease of the brain. It is believed due to an unconventional, transmissible agent (a prion). Symptoms of CJD include forgetfulness, nervousness, jerky trembling hand movements,… …   Medical dictionary

• Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease — noun rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus; characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control • Syn: ↑Creutzfeldt Jakob disease, ↑CJD • Hypernyms: ↑brain disorder,… …   Useful english dictionary

• Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease — Ja′kob Creutz′feldt disease [[t]ˈyɑ kəb[/t]] n. pat Creutzfeldt Jakob disease …   From formal English to slang

• Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease — /yah keuhb kroyts felt/. See Creutzfeldt Jakob disease. * * * …   Universalium

• Jakob disease — Jakob Creutzfeldt disease Creutzfeldt Jakob d …   Medical dictionary

• Disease, Jakob-Creutzfeldt — A transmissible degenerative brain disorder technically termed spongiform encephalopathy. Eating "mad cow" meat or squirrel brain can lead to Jakob Creutzfeldt like disease. Better known as Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD). A dementing… …   Medical dictionary

• Disease, Jakob’s — Better known as Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD), a dementing disease of the brain. It is believed due to an unconventional, transmissible agent (a prion). Symptoms of CJD include forgetfulness, nervousness, jerky trembling hand movements,… …   Medical dictionary

• Disease, Creutzfeldt-Jakob (CJD) — A dementing disease of the brain. It is believed due to an unconventional (not a bacteria or virus), transmissible agent called a prion. Symptoms of CJD include forgetfulness, nervousness, jerky trembling hand movements, unsteady gait, muscle… …   Medical dictionary

• Jakob Erdheim — (1874 1937) was a pathologist.He is credited with the characterization (or partial characterization) of Erdheim Chester disease and Cystic medial necrosis.External links* …   Wikipedia

• Jakob Heine — Infobox Person name = Jakob Heine image size = 250px caption = The German physician Jakob Heine birth date = Birth date|1800|4|16 birth place = Lauterbach, Germany death date = Death date and age|1879|11|12|1800|4|16 death place = Cannstatt,… …   Wikipedia