Otto Detlev Creutzfeldt was born on 1927-04-01.
Otto Detlev Creutzfeldt died on 1992-01-23.
Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt was born on 1885-06-02.
Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt died on 1964-12-30.
O. Creutzfeldt has written: 'Cortex cerebri' -- subject(s): Cerebral cortex, Physiology
Historically speaking, this disease got its name from the first founder, Hans Gerhard Creutzfeldt. He examined patients with symptoms related to brain degeneration, which lead to the naming of the disease. Afterward Alfons Maria Jakob found more information regarding the disease, and thus, the "Creutzfeldt Jakob Disease" name was born.
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
If you are talking about the Kuru Disease, the scientific name is Creutzfeldt-Jakob.
If you are talking about the Kuru Disease, the scientific name is Creutzfeldt-Jakob
mad cow disease is when cows get it. when the disease is passed on 2 humans, it's called the Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. so technically its the same thing, just in different species
First described in the early twentieth century independently by Creutzfeldt and Jakob,