familial Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Also known as: fCJD

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In Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease: Types
…three major types of CJD: familial (fCJD), sporadic (sCJD), and acquired (aCJD). Both sCJD and aCJD may be further divided into subtypes. The most common sCJD subtype is sCJDMM1. Subtypes of aCJD include iatrogenic (iCJD) and variant (vCJD) forms of the disease (kuru is sometimes considered a third subtype of…
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