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What Term Is Used When a Family Experiences Parental Dysfunction,abuse,parental

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What term is used when a family experiences parental dysfunction,abuse,parental mental illness,substance abuse,and/or illness?


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Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy

A neurological disease in cattle, known as mad cow disease, caused by misfolded proteins leading to brain damage.

Prion

An infectious agent composed of protein in a misfolded form, which is responsible for certain neurodegenerative diseases.

Prion Diseases

Fatal, degenerative brain diseases caused by misfolded proteins.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

A rare, degenerative, invariably fatal brain disorder affecting about one in every one million people per year.

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