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Human-growth hormone injection-related Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

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Link to WHO Definition

Human-growth hormone injection-related Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/866329807

Human growth hormone-related Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) is CJD in patients treated with human growth hormone derived from the pituitary glands in the brains of cadaveric donors. The clinical features include progressive cerebellar ataxia and a longer disease course than classical sCJD. After the prohibition of the cadaveric use for growth hormone, the occurrence of CJD in this manner has been drastically reduced.