A multicenter study of the efficacy of the ketogenic diet

Archives of Neurology

Volumn 55, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 1433-1437

  Vining, Eileen P G ^a   Freeman, John M ^a   Ballaban Gil, Karen ^b   Camfield, Carol S ^c   Camfield, Peter R ^c   Holmes, Gregory L ^d   Shinnar, Shlomo ^e   Shuman, Robert ^h   Trevathan, Edwin ^f   Wheless, James W ^g  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^h Ketogenic Diet Multi Ctr Stud Grp

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KETONE;

ARTICLE; DIET THERAPY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE DURATION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; KETOGENESIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEIZURE;

EID: 0031729686     PISSN: 00039942     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archneur.55.11.1433     Document Type: Article

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