Lafora disease—from pathogenesis to treatment strategies

F Nitschke, SJ Ahonen, S Nitschke, S Mitra… - Nature Reviews …, 2018 - nature.com
Lafora disease is a severe, autosomal recessive, progressive myoclonus epilepsy. The
disease usually manifests in previously healthy adolescents, and death commonly occurs …

Lafora disease

J Turnbull, E Tiberia, P Striano, P Genton… - Epileptic …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Lafora disease (LD) is an autosomal recessive progressive myoclonus epilepsy due to
mutations in the EPM2A (laforin) and EPM2B (malin) genes, with no substantial genotype …

Lafora progressive myoclonus epilepsy: A meta‐analysis of reported mutations in the first decade following the discovery of the EPM2A and NHLRC1 genes

S Singh, S Ganesh - Human mutation, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Lafora disease (LD) is an autosomal recessive and fatal form of progressive myoclonus
epilepsy. LD patients manifest myoclonus and tonic–clonic seizures, visual hallucinations …

[HTML][HTML] Protein tyrosine phosphatase variants in human hereditary disorders and disease susceptibilities

WJAJ Hendriks, R Pulido - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Molecular …, 2013 - Elsevier
Reversible tyrosine phosphorylation of proteins is a key regulatory mechanism to steer
normal development and physiological functioning of multicellular organisms …

Natural history of Lafora disease: a prognostic systematic review and individual participant data meta-analysis

F Pondrelli, L Muccioli, L Licchetta, B Mostacci… - Orphanet journal of rare …, 2021 - Springer
Background Lafora disease (LD) is a rare fatal autosomal recessive form of progressive
myoclonus epilepsy. It affects previously healthy children or adolescents, causing …

A retrospective case series of clinical signs in 28 Beagles with Lafora disease

T Flegel, M Kornberg, F Mühlhause… - Journal of Veterinary …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Background Clinical signs and their progression in Beagles with Lafora disease are poorly
described. Objectives To describe clinical signs in Beagles with Lafora disease. Animals …

MRI characteristics due to gene mutations in a Chinese pedigree with Lafora disease

Y Sun, Z Zhou, Q Wang, J Yan… - Molecular Genetics & …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Background and Purpose Lafora disease (LD) is a very rare autosomal recessive
disorder manifesting primarily as fatal, congenital, and neurodegenerative epilepsies. We …

Lafora disease: epidemiology, pathophysiology and management

TS Monaghan, N Delanty - CNS drugs, 2010 - Springer
Lafora disease is a rare, fatal, autosomal recessive, progressive myoclonic epilepsy. It may
also be considered as a disorder of carbohydrate metabolism because of the formation of …

[HTML][HTML] Progressive myoclonus epilepsy, Lafora type

AC Jansen, E Andermann - 2019 - europepmc.org
Progressive myoclonus epilepsy, Lafora type (also known as Lafora disease [LD]) is
characterized by focal occipital seizures presenting as transient blindness or visual …

A PTG variant contributes to a milder phenotype in Lafora disease

R Guerrero, S Vernia, R Sanz, I Abreu-Rodríguez… - PloS one, 2011 - journals.plos.org
Lafora disease is an autosomal recessive form of progressive myoclonus epilepsy with no
effective therapy. Although the outcome is always unfavorable, onset of symptoms and …