Lafora disease
ORPHA:501· ICD-10 G40.3
Definition
A rare, inherited, severe form of progressive myoclonus epilepsy characterized by drug-resistant epilepsy, myoclonus, and psychomotor deterioration affecting previously healthy children or adolescents.
- Prevalence
- 1-9 / 1 000 000
- Inheritance
- Autosomal recessive
- Age of onset
- Adolescent, Childhood