Refractory epilepsy treated with ketogenic diet;Epilessia farmaco-resistente trattata con dieta chetogenica

Recenti Progressi in Medicina

Volumn 88, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 77-79

  Tagliabue, Anna ^a,d   Bertoli, Simona ^a   Trentani, Claudia ^a   Lanzola, Ermanno ^a   Manfredi, Luigi ^b   Veggiotti, Pier Angelo ^c   Lanzi, Giovanni ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b VALDUCE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c C MONDINO NATIONAL NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Ketogenic diet

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; KETONE BODY;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CASE REPORT; DIET THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEIN INTAKE; SEIZURE; TIME;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETONE BODIES; SEIZURES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0031063847     PISSN: 00341193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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