Lafora disease, also called Lafora progressive myoclonic epilepsy or MELF, is a fatal autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized by the presence of inclusion bodies, known as Lafora bodies, within neurons and the cells of the heart, liver, muscle, and skin.
Most patients with this disease do not live past the age of twenty-five, and death within ten years of symptoms is usually inevitable At this time there is no cure or treatment for this disease.
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