The use of the ketogenic diet in a patient with subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

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Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 175-177

  Bautista, Ramon Edmundo D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Electroencephalography; Ketogenic diet; Myoclonus; Subacute sclerosing panencephalitis

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CLONAZEPAM; KETONE; METHISOPRINOL; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID ANALYSIS; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; HUMAN; KETOGENIC DIET; KETONURIA; MALE; MYOCLONUS SEIZURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBACUTE SCLEROSING PANENCEPHALITIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037389316     PISSN: 10591311     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1059-1311(02)00268-6     Document Type: Article

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