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A 44-year-old male asked:
Can icjd be passed on to your children?
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Dr. Johanna Frickeanswered
Pediatrics - Developmental and Behavioral 52 years experience
The idiopathic type : Of creutzfeldt jakob is from corneal/ organ transplant, so icjd is not inheritable. The sporadic type is from eating the meat of infected animals, e.g., " mad cow disease" or spongiform encephalitis, with a genetic susceptibility in many cases.-15% of cases are inherited.See:http://www.Cjdfoundation.Org/ for complete information about amyloid or prion mutations on the short arm of chromosome 20.
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Dr. Alan Alianswered
Psychiatry 34 years experience
CJD: The familial form can be inherited in @10% of cases, through gene mutation.
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