kuru - CISMeF

Preferred Label : kuru;

MeSH definition : A prion disease found exclusively among the Fore linguistic group natives of the highlands of NEW GUINEA. The illness is primarily restricted to adult females and children of both sexes. It is marked by the subacute onset of tremor and ataxia followed by motor weakness and incontinence. Death occurs within 3-6 months of disease onset. The condition is associated with ritual cannibalism, and has become rare since this practice has been discontinued. Pathologic features include a noninflammatory loss of neurons that is most prominent in the cerebellum, glial proliferation, and amyloid plaques. (From Adams et al., Principles of Neurology, 6th ed, p773);

MeSH synonym : encephalopathy, kuru; kuru encephalopathy;

Wikipedia automatic translation : Kuru, Finland;

MeSH annotation : do not confuse with KORO, a depersonalization disord;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru, Finland;

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Origin ID

D007729;

UMLS CUI

C0022802;

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- cerebrospinal fluid [MeSH Qualifier]
- chemically induced [MeSH Qualifier]
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- urine [MeSH Qualifier]
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Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
- Kuru [PASCAL descriptor]
- Kuru [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Kuru [ICD-9 code]
- Kuru (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- kuru [Disease (Nov.)]
- kuru [DO Concept]
- kuru [SNOMED Notion]
DO Cross reference
- kuru [DO Concept]
Ne pas confondre avec
- koro [MeSH Descriptor]
Record concept(s)
- kuru [MeSH concept]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- creutzfeldt-jakob syndrome [MeSH Descriptor]
- encephalopathy, bovine spongiform [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Disease or Syndrome [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Kuru [ICD-9 code]
- Kuru [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Kuru [ORDO Disease]
- Kuru [PASCAL descriptor]
- Kuru (disorder) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Kuru agent infection [MedDRA LLT]
- kuru [DO Concept]
- kuru [Disease (Nov.)]
- kuru [SNOMED Notion]

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