Progressive Myoclonus Epilepsy (Lafora Type)

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-2-1-4

Progressive Myoclonus Epilepsy (Lafora Type)

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 2 (1988): Issue 1

By: J Gordon Millichap

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|Jan 1988

Abstract

The diagnosis of Lafora's syndrome, progressive myoclonus epilepsy and intracytoplasmic periodic acid-Schiff-positive inclusions (Lafora bodies), was made by skin biopsy in a 16-year-old girl at the Depts of Pathology and Dermatology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-2-1-4 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 4 - 5

Published on: Jan 1, 1988

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Myoclonus Epilepsy,

Tonic-Clonic Seizure,

Eccrine Duct Cells

© 1988 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
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Volume 2 (1988): Issue 1