Lafora, Gonzalo Rodriguez (1886–1971), Spanish neurologist. Early in his career Lafora served as a histopathologist at a government mental hospital in Washington. Later in Madrid he lectured in neuropathology and directed a laboratory for brain physiology. He published experimental studies on the function of the corpus callosum and produced a full-length work on neurosyphilis.
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Lafora body
noun La·fora body \lä-ˈfōr-ə-\
Medical Definition of LAFORA BODY
: any of the cytoplasmic inclusion bodies found in neurons of parts of the central nervous system in Lafora disease and consisting of a complex of glycoprotein and glycosaminoglycan
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