The ketogenic diet for intractable epilepsy in adults: Preliminary results

Epilepsia

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1721-1726

  Sirven, Joseph ^a,b   Whedon, Barbara ^a   Caplan, Deborah ^a   Liporace, Joyce ^a   Glosser, David ^a   O'Dwyer, Joyce ^a   Sperling, Michael R ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Epilepsy; Ketogenic diet; Seizures; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; KETONE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; DIET THERAPY; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOLLOW UP; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HUMAN; MALE; MENSTRUATION DISORDER; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE THRESHOLD;

EID: 0032763124     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1999.tb01589.x     Document Type: Article

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