Article
[Lafora disease with a fatal outcome].
Arkhiv patologii - 1 Jan 2022
Krakhmal N V, Vasilchenko D V, Vtorushin S V
Abstract excerpt
Lafora disease is a rare hereditary genetic pathology of the nervous system (a group of progressive myoclonic epilepsies). The distinctive morphological feature of this disease is the presence of specific abnormal structures - polyglucosane bodies («Lafora bodies») in the brain tissue, myocardium, liver, and epithelium of the sweat gland ducts. The article discusses the clinical data of the course of Lafora's...
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