Creutzfeld Jacob Disease (CJD)

CJD is a rare, untreatable, fatal illness affecting the brain. It is one of the group of transmittable spongiform encephalopathies (TSEs). CJD is divided into four different forms, which have different cause and symptoms, but they share the same basic disease process of the accumulation of abnormal prion protein in the brain tissue

For more information contact:

CJD Support Network

Website: www.cjdsupport.net

National CJD Surveillance Unit

Website: www.cjd.ed.ac.uk

Human BSE Foundation

Website: www.hbsef.org.uk

National Prion Clinic

Website: www.nationalprionclinic.org.uk

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