prion disease
31Wilson's disease — Classification and external resources A Kayser Fleischer ring (the brown ring on the edge of the iris) is common in Wilson s disease, especially when neurological symptoms are present ICD …
32Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease — Creutz·feldt Ja·kob disease also Creutz·feld Ja·kob disease .krȯits .felt .yä (.)kōb n a rare progressive fatal spongiform encephalopathy now usu. considered to be caused by a prion and marked by the development of porous brain tissue, premature …
33Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease — Abbreviated vCJD. A human disease thought due to the same infectious agent as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease. Both the human and bovine disorders are invariably fatal brain diseases with unusually long incubation… …
34mad cow disease — n. a progressive, degenerative brain disease of adult cows, thought to be caused by an infectious agent in their food: cf. BSE * * * ➡ BSE * * * or bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) Fatal neurodegenerative disease of cattle. Symptoms include …
35Health and Disease — ▪ 2009 Introduction Food and Drug Safety. In 2008 the contamination of infant formula and related dairy products with melamine in China led to widespread health problems in children, including urinary problems and possible renal tube… …
36Infectious disease — Classification and external resources A false colored electron micrograph shows a malaria sporozoite migrating through the midgut epithelia. ICD 10 …
37Huntington's disease — Classification and external resources A microscope image of …
38nervous system disease — Introduction any of the diseases or disorders that affect the functioning of the human nervous system (nervous system, human). Everything that humans sense, consider, and effect and all the unlearned reflexes of the body depend on the… …
39Neurodegenerative disease — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = Para sagittal MRI of the head in a patient with benign familial macrocephaly. DiseasesDB = ICD10 = ICD9 = ICDO = OMIM = MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D019636 Neurodegenerative… …
40Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease — noun rare (usually fatal) brain disease (usually in middle age) caused by an unidentified slow virus; characterized by progressive dementia and gradual loss of muscle control • Syn: ↑CJD, ↑Jakob Creutzfeldt disease • Hypernyms: ↑brain disorder,… …
