학술논문
UNVERRICHT-LUNDBORG DISEASE.
Document Type
Reference Entry
Source
Subject
*MYOCLONUS
*EPILEPSY
*BRAIN diseases
*CYSTATINS
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Language
Abstract
An encyclopedia entry for "Unverricht-Lundborg Disease" is presented. The disease also known as Baltic myoclonus was first described in 1891 and serves as the protoype of the progressive myoclonus epilepsies. It relates the high incidence of the disease among people in the Baltic Sea and Mediterranean regions, as well as Estonia, Finland and southeast Sweden. It outlines the features of this progressive myoclonic epilepsy (PME). It describes the impact of cystatin B on the disease.