Lafora is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Alfredo de Zavala y Lafora
Alfredo de Zavala y Lafora (25 May 1893 – 7 March 1995) was a Spanish lawyer. During the Second Spanish Republic he served as Governor of the Bank of Spain, and briefly as Minister of Finance.
Birth and education (1895–1931)
Alfredo Zavala L ...
(1893–1995), Spanish lawyer
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Carlos Rodríguez Lafora
Carlos Rodríguez Lafora (10 July 1884 – 19 April 1966) was a Spanish chess player and chess composer.
Biography
Carlos Lafora worked as a medical doctor and surgeon. He was one of the strongest chess players in Spain at the turn of the 1920s ...
(1884–1966), Spanish chess player and chess composer
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Gonzalo Rodríguez Lafora (1886–1971), Spanish neurologist
See also
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Lafora disease
Lafora disease is a rare, adult-onset and autosomal recessive genetic disorder which results in Myoclonus#Epilepsy forms, myoclonus epilepsy and usually results in death several years after the onset of symptoms. The disease is characterized by t ...
, genetic disorder
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