What is a laforin disease

An autosomal recessive, progressive myoclonus epilepsy, which is characterized by the the accumulation of polyglucosan inclusion bodies, called lafora bodies, in the cytoplasm of cells in the central nervous system and in many other organs

Lafora disease (LD) is an autosomal recessive, progressive myoclonus epilepsy, which is characterized by the accumulation of polyglucosan inclusion bodies, called Lafora bodies, in the cytoplasm of cells in the central nervous system and in many other organs.