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J Child Neurol
; 18(7): 499-501, 2003 Jul.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-12940657
RESUMEN
Lafora's disease is a progressive myoclonus epilepsy with onset in adolescence and a gradual decline in cognitive functions and increase in seizure intractability. We present the case of a 16-year-old with precipitous dementia within 6 months of onset. Peripheral biopsies and EPM2A mutation analysis were negative. The diagnosis could be established only by brain biopsy.