Preferred Label : Progressive myoclonic epilepsy type 1;
ICD-11 definition : Unverricht-Lundborg disease (ULD) is the purest and least severe type of progressive
myoclonus epilepsy (PME), and is not associated with progressive cognitive deficit.
It evolves towards a stabilization of symptoms in adulthood, with a varying degree
of permanent, often severe, handicap that is mostly due to myoclonus.;
ICD-11 synonym : Unverricht-Lundborg disease;
Origin ID : 150954581;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
Unverricht-Lundborg disease (ULD) is the purest and least severe type of progressive
myoclonus epilepsy (PME), and is not associated with progressive cognitive deficit.
It evolves towards a stabilization of symptoms in adulthood, with a varying degree
of permanent, often severe, handicap that is mostly due to myoclonus.