Lafora disease (medical condition): A rare genetic disorder caused by the inclusion of a substance called Lafora bodies in cells throughout the body. The condition is progressive and causes progressive seizures and dementia.
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»Introduction: Lafora disease
»Symptoms of Lafora disease
Lafora disease: SYN: Lafora body disease.
Source: Stedman's Medical Spellchecker, © 2006 Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. All rights reserved.
Lafora disease: A form of stimulus sensitive myoclonic epilepsy inherited as an autosomal recessive condition. The most common presenting feature is a single seizure in the second decade of life. This is followed by progressive myoclonus, myoclonic seizures, tonic-clonic seizures, focal occipital seizures, intellectual decline, and severe motor and coordination impairments. Most affected individuals do not live past the age of 25 years. Concentric amyloid (Lafora) bodies are found in neurons, liver, skin, bone, and muscle (From Menkes, Textbook of Childhood Neurology, 5th ed, pp111-110).
Source: MeSH 2007
These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Lafora disease:
Lafora disease is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Lafora disease, or a subtype of Lafora disease,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when if affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Lafora disease as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
Lafora disease (medical condition): See Lafora disease (disease information).
»Introduction: Lafora disease
»Symptoms of Lafora disease
Source - NIH
Source - MeSH 2007
Source - MeSH 2007
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