单词 | variant cjd |
释义 | > as lemmasvariant CJD variant CJD n. Medicine (in full variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease) a form of spongiform encephalopathy distinguished from typical (sporadic) Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease by earlier age of onset, early psychiatric and sensory symptoms, and certain neuropathological features (esp. prominent prion protein plaques), and thought to be causally linked with bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE); abbreviated vCJD. ΚΠ 1997 Proc. National Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 94 14279/1 Investigations of the prion diseases have taken on new significance with the reports of more than 20 cases of an atypical, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCGD) in teenagers and young adults. 1999 Lancet 2 Jan. 18 The agent that causes variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (variant CJD) is indistinguishable from the causative agent of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). 2000 Times 30 Aug. i. 9/1 Ministers believe that they must take every possible precaution to prevent the risk of patients contracting variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD). 2003 Independent (Nexis) 21 Apr. Other diseases such as variant-CJD, linked with BSE in cows,..are transmitted through food. < as lemmas |
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