Myoclonus progressive epilepsy of Unverricht and Lundborg: A rare genetic brain disease characterized by convulsions which become progressively worse. Modern treatment can have a big effect on the prognosis. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Myoclonus progressive epilepsy of Unverricht and Lundborg is available below.
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Prognosis for Myoclonus progressive epilepsy of Unverricht and Lundborg: incapacitation by 20 years in severe cases, death in young adulthood
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Myoclonus progressive epilepsy of Unverricht and Lundborg is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Myoclonus progressive epilepsy of Unverricht and Lundborg, or a subtype of Myoclonus progressive epilepsy of Unverricht and Lundborg,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Ophanet, a consortium of European partners,
currently defines a condition rare when it affects 1 person per 2,000.
They list Myoclonus progressive epilepsy of Unverricht and Lundborg as a "rare disease".
Source - Orphanet
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