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Rapidly progressive phenotype of Lafora disease associated with a novel NHLRC1 mutation.
Pediatric neurology - 1 Jun 2011
Brackmann Florian A, Kiefer Alexander, Agaimy Abbas, Gencik Martin, Trollmann Regina
Abstract excerpt
Lafora disease is a fatal, autosomal recessive form of progressive myoclonus epilepsy. Patients characteristically exhibit myoclonic and tonic-clonic seizures and cognitive impairment, beginning in their second decade. Alterations in two genes were identified as the cause of the disease. Mutations in the NHL repeat containing 1 (NHLRC1) gene were described in association with a more benign clinical course and...
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