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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (CJD) - Links to reports on emerging infectious diseases related to BSE and CJD in the USA and UK.
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British Medical Journal: variant Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease : variant Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease - Collected resources from the UK journal, plus links to scientific papers and resources from other journals.
BSE - CJD - Clinical description of CJD, UK figures up to 1997 and links to relevant organisations.
CJD Diagnostic and Research Center - Provides diagnostic services and information to caring physicians and families of CJD patients and supports a research program into the cause of CJD.
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CJD Information Web Ring - Find help, support, understanding and information concerning all variant forms of Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease, CJD.
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CJD Watch - 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.
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deteriorating disease.
Deceased victims are being tracked by volunteers. ]
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease - CJD information sheet compiled by NINDS, the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
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Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease - Contacts, links and information about CJD from Family Village.
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (WHO) - World Health Organization factsheet on CJD. Includes brief history, different forms of the disease, clinical features, diagnosis, epidemiology, CJD/BSE link and WHO involvement.
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Associated with Cadaveric Dura Mater Grafts - Article and links about Japanese research findings.
Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Factsheet - Description of CJD, who gets it, symptoms, CJD and the internet, plus a resource list.
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) - Substantive information regarding CJD from the Texas Department of State Health Services.
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foundation, Inc. - Information about CJD, interactive pages, profiles, polls and details of conferences.
HealthLink MCW - Offers an article entitled: Putting Mad Cow Disease Into Perspective: A Top Ten List of Things to Really Worry About.
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Hospital Web - Mad Cows Disease - Informs of an simple heart test to find out whether patients have the fatal brain-wasting condition, variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, known as vCJD.
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Mad Cow Disease (CJD) - Information from the Organic Consumers' Association related to mad cow/deer/pig/elk disease in the USA.
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MedlinePlus: Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease - Directory of news, articles, and factsheets.
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The Australian CJD Homepage - Information about CJD in Australia.
The Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease Support Network - Information and support.
The Mad Cow Calculator - Calculates whether eating beef will more likely give you a heart attack or Mad Cow disease.
The Many Faces of Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease (CJD) - Factsheet, latest news and families'/CJD victims' personal stories and tributes.
The UK Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease Surveillance Unit - Summarizes the research in progress at the CJD unit and also provides background information about CJD and other human spongiform encephalopathies.
TSE Industrial Platform - Information about transmissible spongiform encephalopathies (TSE).
TSE: Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies - An explanation of the spread of Spongiform Ecephalopathies - TSE including the new variant Creutzfeldt Jakob (vCJD).
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Tufts Neurology: Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease - Image of brain biopsy specimen of patient with CJD, and links to relevant articles.
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Well Within - Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) and CJD; possible contamination of meat, blood products, certain hormones, organs for transplant. Links to relevant information.
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World Health Organization: Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathies (TSE) - Links to information about transmissible spongiform encephalopathies from the World Health Organization. Includes a bovine variety (mad cow disease), CJD and related illnesses.
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