Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Infection of infancy or childhood?
A 51-year-old man who died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), had transient dyskinesias with intention myoclonus and exaggerated startle reaction in early life. This may suggest a link between myoclonic encephalopathy of infants and CJD, and an incubation period of more than 40 years of the transmissible agent of CJD.
D007562:Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome / Q000209:etiology* / Q000382:microbiology / Q000473:pathology; D004569:Electroencephalography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009207:Myoclonus / Q000150:complications* / Q000382:microbiology; D009410:Nerve Degeneration; D009457:Neuroglia / Q000473:pathology; D013997:Time Factors