Catalog

Progressive myoclonic epilepsy type 2

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Link to WHO Definition

Progressive myoclonic epilepsy type 2 – http://id.who.int/icd/entity/558455490

Lafora disease is a particularly severe type of progressive myoclonus epilepsy. The course is marked by prominent and rapid cognitive deterioration (the primary symptoms of which may precede the motor anomalies), and by the progressive increase in intensity of the seizures and myoclonus.