Lafora disease is not linked to the Unverricht-Lundborg locus.

Lafora disease and Unverricht-Lundborg disease are two forms of progressive myoclonus epilepsies (PME). Recently the gene for Unverricht-Lundborg disease (EPM1) was mapped to chromosome 21q22.3.

[Anomalies in fatty acids distribution and superoxide dismutase activity in lymphocytes of an adult with atypical ceroid lipofuscinosis].

A 27-year-old Algerian patient presented a slowly progressive disease clinically characterized by a cerebellar syndrome, absence of deep reflexes, bilateral sign of Babinski, deep sensory disturbances, ophthalmologic disorders and pes cavus. The diagnosis of ceroid lipofuscinosis resulted from the presence of lipofuscin deposits evidenced as autofluorescent bodies, and a particular type of curvilinear, crystalloid ultrastructural inclusion bodies in muscle, lymphocytes and liver. Biochemical tests showed reduction in levels of linoleic and arachidonic acids, and of superoxide dismutase activity in lymphocytes.