Tuberous sclerosis complex and the ketogenic diet

Epilepsia

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1684-1686

  Kossoff, Eric H ^a,c   Thiele, Elizabeth A ^b   Pfeifer, Heidi H ^b   McGrogan, Jane R ^a   Freeman, John M ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS CHILDREN S CENTER   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Epilepsy; Ketogenic diet; Tuberous sclerosis complex

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANTILE SPASM; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET THERAPY; EPILEPSY; FAT INTAKE; KETOACIDOSIS; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; DIETARY FATS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KETOSIS; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 27244460363     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2005.00266.x     Document Type: Article

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