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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