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Dementia due to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

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Dementia due to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/1173220525

A form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease that progresses more slowly than the sporadic form. It is typically caused by consumption of cattle with bovine spongiform encephalopathy, a bovine form of prion disease. Symptoms include early behavioural changes, gait imbalance, sensory problems, myoclonic jerks and other abnormal movements.