Ketogenic diet as antiepileptic therapy: A description of the clinical experience and the multidisciplinary approach at the metabolic-neurogenetic clinic at the Wolfson Medical Center

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Volumn 143, Issue 3, 2004, Pages

  Ginzberg, Mira ^a   Watemberg, Nathan ^a   Levi, Anat ^a   Gabai, Aharon ^a   Nissenkorn, Andreea ^a   Blumkin, Luba ^a   Vinkler, Chana ^a   Lev, Dorit ^a   Lerman Sagie, Tally ^a  

^a WOLFSON MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Anti epileptic drugs; Ketogenic diet; Refractory epilepsy; Seizures

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; KETONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALERTNESS; ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; EPILEPSY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; KETOGENIC DIET; LEARNING; LIPID DIET; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROTEIN RESTRICTION; SKILL; TEAMWORK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ONSET AGE; PATIENT CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; INFANT; KETONES; PATIENT CARE TEAM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEIZURES;

EID: 3042778600     PISSN: 00177768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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