Do patients with epilepsy believe they need specific dietary restrictions?

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 945-948

  Asadi Pooya, Ali Akbar ^a,b   Ghaffari, Ali ^a  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Diet; Epilepsy; Family

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; PHENOBARBITAL; VALPROIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET RESTRICTION; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEIZURE; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 10844269658     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2004.08.010     Document Type: Article

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