The Ketogenic Diet: A Cautionary Note

Pediatric Research

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 368-369

  Snead III, O Carter ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE; CONVULSANT AGENT; FAT; LITHIUM; MEDIUM CHAIN TRIACYLGLYCEROL; PILOCARPINE; PROTEIN;

BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAIN GROWTH; COGNITIVE DEFECT; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; HUMAN; KETOGENIC DIET; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CALORIE MALNUTRITION; SEIZURE;

ANIMALS; DIET; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; RODENTIA; SEIZURES;

EID: 1242274613     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/01.PDR.0000112095.84780.2B     Document Type: Note

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