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- athraitheach ar ghalar Creutzfeldt-Jakob Reference Faomhadh an téarma seo mar chuid de Thionscadal Lex
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- vCJD Reference Faomhadh an téarma seo mar chuid de Thionscadal Lex
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- Variante der Creutzfeldt-Jakob-Krankheit | V-CJK
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- Comment cf. CJD --
- variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease | variant CJD | vCJD | NV-CJD | variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
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- Definition rare and fatal human neurodegenerative condition Reference "WHO > Programmes and projects > Media centre > Fact sheets > variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs180/en/ (4.9.2009)"
- Comment As with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, vCJD is classified as a Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy (TSE) because of characteristic spongy degeneration of the brain and its ability to be transmitted. In contrast to the traditional forms of CJD, vCJD has affected younger patients (average age 29 years, as opposed to 65 years), has a relatively longer duration of illness (median of 14 months as opposed to 4.5 months) and is strongly linked to exposure, probably through food, to a TSE of cattle called Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE).