Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease refers to extremely rare condition that causes Dementia.


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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease refers to an extremely rare condition that causes Dementia; a neurological disease transmitted from animals to humans that leads to Dementia and death resulting from abnormal protein accumulations in the brain. Moreover, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a fatal disease of the central nervous system known to cause degenerative, progressive brain deterioration. It is usually confused with Dementia; precipitated by an organism known as a Prion, an infectious particle