When to See a Specialist About Lafora disease
By Dr. Thomas Sullivan, MD · · Neurology
Patients often ask us about Lafora disease. Here is what our Neurology clinicians want you to know.
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Topic: Lafora disease. A progressive myoclonus epilepsy characterized by myoclonus and/or generalized seizures, visual hallucinations, and progressive neurological decline with onset between 8 and 18 years of age that has_material_basis_in homozygous or compound heterozygous mutation in either NHLRC1 on chromosome 6p22.3 or EPM2A on chromosome 6q24.3.
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