Gonzalo Rodriguez Lafora - bibliography

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Biography

Spanish neuropathologist, born July 25, 1887, Madrid; died 1971.

Bibliography

  • G. R. Lafora:
    Los ninõs mentalmente anormales. Madrid, 1914.
  • G. R. Lafora:
    Diagnóstico y tratamiento moderno de la neurosyfilis. Madrid, 1920.
  • V. Fernandez-Armayor, J. M. Moreno, A. Martin, M. L. Garcia, B. Revilla, J. L. Moreno:
    [Lafora and neuropathology].
    Revista de neurologia, December 1997, 25 (148): 2036-2039. [Article in Spanish]
  • E. Garcia-Albea:
    [Lafora disease and the two first cases of Alzheimer's disease published in Spain].
    Revista de neurologia, September 1998, 27 (157): 515-519. [Article in Spanish]
  • B. A. Minassian:
    Lafora's disease: towards a clinical, pathologic, and molecular synthesis.
    Pediatric Neurology, New York, July 2001, 25 (1): 21-29.

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