Seizures decrease rapidly after fasting: Preliminary studies of the ketogenic diet

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 153, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 946-949

  Freeman, John M ^a   Vining, Eileen P G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIET RESTRICTION; DIET THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KETOACIDOSIS; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032880412     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.153.9.946     Document Type: Article

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