The rare brain disease CJD has been around for many years, but variant CJD arose more recently and was believed to be linked to "mad cow disease" (called BSE) in cows. However, the link remains unclear and controversial, and perhaps "variant CJD" is just CJD. Only a small number of people have ever been diagnosed with "variant CJD". ...more »
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Prognosis for Variant CJD: Poor. Typically death within 12 months.
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Variant CJD is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Variant CJD, or a subtype of Variant CJD,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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