Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease
Sporadic CJD accounts for over 90% of cases of human prion disease.
The disease occurs worldwide with an annual incidence of one case per million population.
There are no known environmental risk factors.
Most patients with sporadic CJD are homozygous for methionine at the polymorphic position 129 in the prion protein.
Reference
- Collins SJ et al. Determinants of diagnostic investigation sensitivities across the clinical spectrum of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. Brain. 2006 Sep;129(Pt 9):2278-87.
Related pages
Create an account to add page annotations
Add information to this page that would be handy to have on hand during a consultation, such as a web address or phone number. This information will always be displayed when you visit this page