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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease

Inheritance patterns and prenatal diagnosis

Inheritance patterns
A minority of cases is inherited with an autosomal dominant pattern.

Prenatal diagnosis
A test is available in the case of genetic CJD.

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Medical text written December 1997 by Dr R Knight. Last updated June 2007 by Dr R Knight, Consultant Neurologist, National Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease Surveillance Unit, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK.

 

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