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Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease

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Database tracking CJD victims in the geographical areas in which they lived, as well as other relevant information. Plus latest news. Versions in Spanish and Swedish.
http://www.fortunecity.com/healthclub/cpr/349/part1cjd.htm

Personal stories of CJD and virtual memorials. Links to information and research related to CJD.
http://www.angelfire.com/nc/NATURAL1/PAGE2.html

Factsheet, latest news and families'/CJD victims' personal stories and tributes.
http://www.fortunecity.com/healthclub/cpr/798/cjd.htm

Clinical description of CJD, UK figures up to 1997 and links to relevant organisations.
http://www.bmj.com/bse.htm

Links to reports on emerging infectious diseases related to BSE and CJD in the USA and UK.
http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/diseases/cjd/cjd.htm

CJD information sheet compiled by NINDS, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
http://www.ninds.nih.gov/health_and_medical/disorders/cjd.htm

Information about CJD in Australia.
http://members.tripod.com/~cjdhome/index.htm

World Health Organization factsheet on CJD. Includes brief history, different forms of the disease, clinical features, diagnosis, epidemiology, CJD/BSE link and WHO involvement.
http://www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact180.html

Description of CJD, who gets it, symptoms, CJD and the internet, plus a resource list.
http://www.kansas.net/~cbaslock/cjd1.html

Image of brain biopsy specimen of patient with CJD, and links to relevant articles.
http://tuftsneurology.org/webres/prion.htm

Links to information about transmissible spongiform encephalopathies from the World Health Organization. Includes a bovine variety ("mad cow disease"), CJD and related illnesses.
http://www.who.ch/emc/diseases/bse

Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and CJD; possible contamination of meat, blood products, certain hormones, organs for transplant. Links to relevant information.
http://www.nccn.net/~wwithin/bse.htm

Contacts, links and information about CJD from Family Village.
http://www.familyvillage.wisc.edu/lib_cjd.htm

Article and links about Japanese research findings.
http://aepo-xdv-www.epo.cdc.gov/...r/PrevGuid/m0049829/m0049829.htm

Calculates whether eating beef will more likely give you a heart attack or Mad Cow disease.
http://www.doctorzebra.com/madcow/index.html

Provides diagnostic services and information to caring physicians and families of CJD patients and supports a research program into the cause of CJD.
http://cjddiagnosticcenter.com

Information and support.
http://www.cjdsupport.net/

Directory of news, articles, and factsheets.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/creutzfeldtjakobdisease.html

Information about CJD, interactive pages, profiles, polls and details of conferences.
http://www.cjdfoundation.org/

Find help, support, understanding and information concerning all variant forms of Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease, CJD.
http://members.aol.com/larmstr853/cjdvoice/cjdvoice.htm

Information from the Organic Consumers' Association related to mad cow/deer/pig/elk disease in the USA.
http://www.organicconsumers.org/madcow.htm

Offers an article entitled: Putting Mad Cow Disease Into Perspective: A Top Ten List of Things to Really Worry About.
http://www.healthlink.mcw.edu/article/1031002337.html

Substantive information regarding CJD from the Texas Department of State Health Services.
http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/ideas/creutzfeldt-jakob/

An explanation of the spread of Spongiform Ecephalopathies - TSE including the new variant Creutzfeldt Jakob (vCJD).
http://www.ourcivilisation.com/madcow/tse.htm

Informs of an simple heart test to find out whether patients have the fatal brain-wasting condition, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, known as vCJD.
http://www.cgi-installer-softwar...pitalweb/html/madcowsdisease.htm