Description of the disease * EnglishPolish Pobierz sekcję do PDF Definicja A group of rare neurodegenerative diseases characterized by the accumulation of prions, abnormal variants of the cellular prion protein, primarily in brain tissue of affected individuals, as well as massive, rapid neuronal death, and an invariably fatal course. Human prion diseases most often occur sporadically but may also be of genetic origin or infectiously acquired. Irrespective of etiology, they are transmissible to other individuals. Disease data Klasyfikacja Category Synonimy TSE Choroba prionowa Transmissible spongiform encephalopathy Kod ORPHA 56970 Kod OMIM - Kod ICD10 - Kod ICD11 - *Soruce Extended description of the disease Pobierz sekcję do PDF No additional description. Orphanet - interntowa baza danych dotyczących rzadkich chorób i sierochych leków. ©INSERM 1999 - Dostępna na stronie www.orphanet.pl