The ketogenic diet in refractory epilepsy: The experience of Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 153-159

  Katyal, Neelam G ^a   Koehler, Anita N ^b   McGhee, Bill ^b   Foley, Catherine M ^b   Crumrine, Patricia K ^b  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIET THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; KETOGENESIS; LIPID METABOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034020481     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000992280003900303     Document Type: Article

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