Spongiform encephalopathy

Introduction: Spongiform encephalopathy

Description of Spongiform encephalopathy

Spongiform encephalopathy (medical condition): A rare inherited prion disease which has a range of manifestations resulting primarily from degeneration of the nervous system.

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Spongiform encephalopathy: an encephalopathy characterized by vacuolation within nerve and glial cells.
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Spongiform encephalopathy: any of various brain diseases in humans and animals in which areas of the brain slowly degenerate and take on a spongy appearance.
Source: CRISP

Spongiform encephalopathy: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Spongiform encephalopathy:

• Spongiform
• Encephalopathy (180 causes)

Spongiform encephalopathy: Rare Disease

Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Spongiform encephalopathy is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). This means that Spongiform encephalopathy, or a subtype of Spongiform encephalopathy, affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Spongiform encephalopathy as a Disease

Spongiform encephalopathy (medical condition): See Spongiform encephalopathy (disease information).
  »Introduction: Spongiform encephalopathy
  »Symptoms of Spongiform encephalopathy

More information on medical condition: Spongiform encephalopathy:

• Information about Spongiform encephalopathy
• Basic Summary for Spongiform encephalopathy
• Symptoms of Spongiform encephalopathy
• Complications of Spongiform encephalopathy

Spongiform encephalopathy: Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Spongiform encephalopathy:

• Prion diseases
• Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
• gerstmann-straussler syndrome
• fatal familial insomnia
• mad cow disease

Terms associated with Spongiform encephalopathy:

Terms Similar to Spongiform encephalopathy:

• Amyloidosis, cerebral, with spongiform encephalopathy
• Cerebellar ataxia, progressive dementia, and amyloid deposits in the central nervous system
• Encephalopathy, subacute spongiform, Gerstmann-Straussler type
• GSSD
• Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker disease
• Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome

Source - NIH

More specific terms for Spongiform encephalopathy:

• scrapie

Source - CRISP

Broader terms for Spongiform encephalopathy

• latent virus infection
• organic brain syndrome

Source - CRISP

The term Spongiform encephalopathy can be used for:

• chronic wasting disease of elk and deer
• CJD (Creutzfeldt Jakob disease)
• corpus striatum spinal degeneration
• corticostriatal spinal degeneration
• Creutzfeldt Jakob disease
• Gerstmann Straussler syndrome
• kuru
• spastic pseudosclerosis

Source: CRISP

Other terms that may be related to Spongiform encephalopathy:

• dementia
• prion

Source: CRISP

The description of Spongiform encephalopathy may also be used for the following terms:

• prion induced disorder
• unconventional slow virus disease

Source: CRISP

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