Article
Lafora's disease: towards a clinical, pathologic, and molecular synthesis.
Pediatric neurology - 1 Jul 2001
Minassian B A
Abstract excerpt
Lafora's disease is one of five inherited progressive myoclonus epilepsy syndromes. It is an autosomal-recessive disorder with onset in late childhood or adolescence. Characteristic seizures include myoclonic and occipital lobe seizures with visual hallucinations, scotomata, and photoconvulsions. The course of the disease consists of worsening seizures and an inexorable decline in mental and other neurologic...
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