Preferred Label : Progressive myoclonic epilepsy type 2;
ICD-11 definition : Lafora disease is a particularly severe type of progressive myoclonus epilepsy.The
course is marked by prominent and rapid cognitive deterioration (the primary symptoms
of which may precede the motor anomalies), and by the progressive increase in intensity
of the seizures and myoclonus.;
ICD-11 synonym : Lafora disease;
Origin ID : 558455490;
Currated CISMeF NLP mapping
Lafora disease is a particularly severe type of progressive myoclonus epilepsy.The
course is marked by prominent and rapid cognitive deterioration (the primary symptoms
of which may precede the motor anomalies), and by the progressive increase in intensity
of the seizures and myoclonus.
