Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease

Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease

(yä′kôp-kroits′fĕlt)

n.

See Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.

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Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, see there.

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Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease

See CREUTZFELDT-JAKOB DISEASE.

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Creutzfeldt,

Hans Gerhard, German neuropsychiatrist, 1885-1964.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease - a form of subacute spongiform encephalopathy caused by a transmissible agent that has not been completely defined. Synonym(s): Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease; mad cow disease; transmissible dementia

Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease - Synonym(s): Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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Jakob,

Alfons M., German neuropsychiatrist, 1884-1931.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease - see under Creutzfeldt

Jakob-Creutzfeldt disease - Synonym(s): Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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