- Lafora's disease
- nounepilepsy characterized by clonus of muscle groups and progressive mental deterioration and genetic origin• Syn: ↑myoclonus epilepsy• Hypernyms: ↑epilepsy
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Lafora's disease
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Lafora bodies disease (myoclonic epilepsy) sign — La·fo·ra bodies, disease (myoclonic epilepsy), sign (lah foґrah) [Gonzalo Rodrнguez Lafora, Spanish neurologist, 1887–1971] see under body, disease, and sign … Medical dictionary
Lafora disease — or Lafora s disease əz n an inherited form of myoclonic epilepsy that typically begins during adolescence or late childhood and is characterized by progressive neurological deterioration and the presence of Lafora bodies in parts of the central… … Medical dictionary
Lafora disease — Infobox Disease Name = PAGENAME Caption = DiseasesDB = 30834 ICD10 = ICD10|G|40|3|g|40 ICD9 = ICD9|333.2 ICDO = OMIM = 254780 MedlinePlus = eMedicineSubj = eMedicineTopic = MeshID = D020192 Lafora disease, also called Lafora progressive myoclonic … Wikipedia
Lafora myoclonic epilepsy — Lafora disease … Medical dictionary
Disease — Illness or sickness often characterized by typical patient problems (symptoms) and physical findings (signs). Disruption sequence: The events that occur when a fetus that is developing normally is subjected to a destructive agent such as the… … Medical dictionary
Lafora body — La·fora body lä fōr ə n any of the cytoplasmic inclusion bodies found in neurons of parts of the central nervous system in Lafora disease and consisting of a complex of glycoprotein and glycosaminoglycan Lafora Gonzalo Rodriguez (1886 1971)… … Medical dictionary
Lafora bodies — intracytoplasmic inclusions consisting of a complex of glycoprotein and acid mucopolysaccharide; widespread deposits of these bodies are found in Lafora disease … Medical dictionary
Lafora — Gonzalo Rodriguez, Spanish neurologist, 1887–1971. See L. body, L. body disease, L. disease … Medical dictionary
Enfermedad de Lafora — Gonzalo Rodríguez Lafora. Clasificación y recursos externos CIE 10 G40.3 … Wikipedia Español
enfermedad de Lafora — Eng. Lafora s disease Ver síndrome de Unverricht … Diccionario de oftalmología
