Basal ganglia injury as a complication of the ketogenic diet

Movement Disorders

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 448-451

  Erickson, Jay C ^a   Jabbari, Bahman ^a   Difazio, Marc P ^a  

^a WALTER REED ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chorea; Dystonia; Ketogenic diet; Mitochondrial metabolism

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ASCORBIC ACID; BIOTIN; ETHOSUXIMIDE; INFUSION FLUID; LACTIC ACID; SELENIUM; UBIDECARENONE; VALPROIC ACID; VITAMIN; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA; BASAL GANGLION; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; CHOREA; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSTONIA; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPILEPSY; EXTRAPYRAMIDAL SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; INBORN ERROR OF METABOLISM; KETOGENIC DIET; MITOCHONDRIAL RESPIRATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUTAMEN; RADIOGRAPHY; RISK FACTOR; VIDEORECORDING;

ATAXIA; BASAL GANGLIA DISEASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOREA; DIETARY FATS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KETONE BODIES; KETOSIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PUTAMEN;

EID: 0038070430     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.10372     Document Type: Article

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