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Case Reports
. 1994 May;9(5):188-90.

[Axilla skin biopsy in the diagnosis of Lafora's disease]

[Article in Spanish]
A Pérez Sempere  1 , R Simón, B Martínez Menéndez, J Torres, A Cabello, F Mateos
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  • PMID: 8024824
Case Reports

[Axilla skin biopsy in the diagnosis of Lafora's disease]

[Article in Spanish]
A Pérez Sempere et al. Neurologia. 1994 May.

Abstract

Skin biopsy is the method of choice for the diagnosis of Lafora's disease. The presence of PAS (+) inclusions characteristic of Lafora's disease has been thought to be more evident in aprocrine glands of the axillary skin than in the duct cells of the eccrine glands. We describe 4 patients with Lafora's disease diagnosed by axilla skin biopsy, confirming the usefulness of this procedure.

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