Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease risk factors: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 5: | Line 5: | ||
Risk of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease increases with age, most often occurring in people older than 60 years. | Risk of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease increases with age, most often occurring in people older than 60 years. | ||
==Risk Factors== | ==Risk Factors== | ||
Following are the various risk factors for CJD whch have been reported in multiple studies: | |||
* Increasing age | |||
* Family history of CJD<ref name="Wientjens-1996">{{Cite journal | last1 = Wientjens | first1 = DP. | last2 = Davanipour | first2 = Z. | last3 = Hofman | first3 = A. | last4 = Kondo | first4 = K. | last5 = Matthews | first5 = WB. | last6 = Will | first6 = RG. | last7 = van Duijn | first7 = CM. | title = Risk factors for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a reanalysis of case-control studies. | journal = Neurology | volume = 46 | issue = 5 | pages = 1287-91 | month = May | year = 1996 | doi = | PMID = 8628468 }}</ref> | |||
* History of [[psychosis]]<ref name="Wientjens-1996">{{Cite journal | last1 = Wientjens | first1 = DP. | last2 = Davanipour | first2 = Z. | last3 = Hofman | first3 = A. | last4 = Kondo | first4 = K. | last5 = Matthews | first5 = WB. | last6 = Will | first6 = RG. | last7 = van Duijn | first7 = CM. | title = Risk factors for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: a reanalysis of case-control studies. | journal = Neurology | volume = 46 | issue = 5 | pages = 1287-91 | month = May | year = 1996 | doi = | PMID = 8628468 }}</ref> | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
{{Reflist|2}} | {{Reflist|2}} | ||
Revision as of 14:22, 17 February 2014
|
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Microchapters |
|
Differentiating Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease from other Diseases |
|---|
|
Diagnosis |
|
Treatment |
|
Case Studies |
|
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease risk factors On the Web |
|
American Roentgen Ray Society Images of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease risk factors |
|
Risk calculators and risk factors for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease risk factors |
Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
Risk of Creutzfeldt Jakob disease increases with age, most often occurring in people older than 60 years.
Risk Factors
Following are the various risk factors for CJD whch have been reported in multiple studies: