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Lafora disease is a rare, adult-onset and
autosomal recessive genetic disorder which results in
myoclonus epilepsy and
usually results in
death several...
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Lafora is a surname.
Notable people with the
surname include:
Alfredo de
Zavala y
Lafora (1893–1995),
Spanish lawyer Carlos Rodríguez
Lafora (1884–1966)...
- to the
rarity of the disease. In 1911,
Lafora identified Lafora bodies but
believed to be part of ULD.
Lafora's genetics was not
described until 1995....
- brain,
comparing them to
earlier findings by
Gonzalo Rodríguez
Lafora. In 1913,
Lafora described another case, and
acknowledged Lewy as the discoverer...
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Carlos Rodríguez
Lafora (10 July 1884 – 19
April 1966) was a
Spanish chess player and
chess composer.
Carlos Lafora worked as a
medical doctor and surgeon...
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Gonzalo Rodríguez
Lafora (25 July 1886 – 27
December 1971) was a
Spanish neurologist and psychiatrist. He was a
disciple of Nicolás Achúcarro and Santiago...
- seizures,
include ataxia,
peripheral neuropathy, and dementia.
Lafora disease is also
known as
Lafora progressive myoclonus epilepsy,
which is an
autosomal recessive...
- and can be fatal.
Studies have
identified at
least three forms of PME.
Lafora disease is
inherited as an
autosomal recessive disorder,
meaning that the...
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Alfredo de
Zavala y
Lafora (25 May 1893 – 7
March 1995) was a
Spanish lawyer.
During the
Second Spanish Republic he
served as
Governor of the Bank of Spain...
- the
effects of
insulin on
glycogen synthase, and
leading up to a
study of
Lafora disease, a
debilitating disease characterized by ac****ulation of abnormal...