CJD Definition
abbreviation
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Webster's New World
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The relative excess of valine homozygotes in sporadic CJD aged less than 50 years is unexpected.
One methionine homozygote French case of variant CJD has been identified.
Iatrogenic CJD is very rare and most cases have resulted from hGH treatment or human dura mater grafts.
The most common position among scientists is that the infective agent with BSE and CJD is a specific form of protein called a prion.
The research will take the form of a blind evaluation of urine specimens provided by the National CJD Surveillance Unit in Edinburgh.