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• Lafora bodies have been observed in virtually all organs of patients with the disease.
• By contrast, the " abnormal glycogen " in Lafora bodies has an excessive phosphate content and branches at abnormally long intervals.
• Astrocytes contribute almost exclusively to brain glycogen storage yet do not develop Lafora bodies, which might highlight the importance of the capacity to degrade glycogen.
• In a later study, Lafora disease has been and is now viewed as a neurodegenerative disease, since prior to the actual formation of Lafora bodies there has been seen to be an impairment in the development of cerebral cortical neurons.
• "' Lafora disease "', also called "'Lafora progressive myoclonic epilepsy "'or "'MELF "', is a fatal autosomal recessive genetic disorder characterized by the presence of inclusion bodies, known as Lafora bodies, within the cytoplasm of the cells of the heart, liver, muscle, and skin.