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DSM-IV-TR: Dementia Due to Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease


Prions or "slow viruses," probably cause this form of usually rapidly progressive Dementia which is transmissible, and can only be diagnosed by biopsy of brain tissue.

294.1x (DSM-IV: 290.10)

Diagnostic Criteria: Dementia Due to Other General Medical Conditions

Also: bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), Jakob Creutzfeldt; Kraepelin's disease, vCJD

Reprinted with permission from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition, Text Revision.  Copyright 2000 American Psychiatric Association



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