Creutzfeldt Jacob disease
MONDO:0005357Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names Creutzfeldt Jacob disease yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
A rare transmittable degenerative disorder of the brain caused by prions. Morphologically it is characterized by spongiform degeneration of the cerebral and cerebellar cortex. Signs and symptoms include sleep disturbances, personality changes, aphasia, ataxia, muscle atrophy and weakness, visual loss, and myoclonus. It usually leads to death within a year from the onset of the disease.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0005357), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
6 names
Resolves to: Creutzfeldt Jacob disease
- Also called
- CJDCJD (Creutzfeldt Jakob disease)classic Creutzfeldt-Jakob diseaseCreutzfeldt Jakob DiseaseCreutzfeldt-Jacob diseaseJakob-Creutzfeldt disease