nvcjd in A Sentence

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    Why Nvcjd should have a predilection for young people is unknown.

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    Sporadic CJD usually affects middle-aged or older people, whilst Nvcjd affects young adults; however, there are overlaps.

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    The duration of illness is not a rigid guide but usually cases of Nvcjd have durations of a year or more.

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    The neuropathological features of sporadic CJD and Nvcjd are quite distinct and this is the only definitive way to distinguish between the two.

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    Nvcjd: is linked with BSE discovered in cattle in 1986 and is believed to be transmitted through eating infected meat products, especially through parts of the central nervous system(CNS).

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    In Nvcjd, the initial presentation is often with psychiatric or behavioural changes and it may not be clear that there is neurological illness until several months after the onset.

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    Press coverage of this issue gave the impression that the streets would be littered with the dead of Nvcjd and many people were very concerned about the possibility of catching the disease.

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    However, where a diagnosis of probable sporadic CJD has been made in life, it has been correct in 95% of cases and, at post-mortem, the in vivo diagnosis of probable Nvcjd is yet to be proved wrong.

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    An experienced neurologist can normally distinguish the clinical patterns of sporadic and Nvcjd but there is some overlap in the symptoms of the two forms, and, on occasions, it may be difficult to be certain as to the classification of the type of CJD if this were based on the clinical symptoms alone.

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