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Related Subjects: |Dementias |Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker Syndrome (GSS) |Fatal Familial Insomnia (FFI) |Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (CJD) |Variant Creutzfeldt Jakob disease (vCJD) |Kuru
GSS is classified specifically as a transmissible spongiform encephalopathy (TSE), which means it is a transmissible disease that causes damage to the brain, causing the brain to have a sponge-like appearance