The ketogenic diet in children with epilepsy

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 5-13

  Papandreou, D ^a   Pavlou, E ^a   Kalimeri, E ^b   Mavromichalis, I ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b General Hospital of Kozani   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children; Epilepsy; Ketogenic diets; Ketonaemia; Ketones; Seizures

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYBUTYRIC ACID; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ARACHIDONIC ACID; AROMATIC AMINO ACID; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CORTICOSTEROID; FAT; FOLIC ACID; MEDIUM CHAIN TRIACYLGLYCEROL; MINERAL; MOOD STABILIZER; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; PROTEIN; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; VITAMIN; VITAMIN D; ZINC;

ACIDOSIS; ANOREXIA; BRAIN METABOLISM; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARNITINE DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENERGY TRANSFER; EPILEPSY; FANCONI RENOTUBULAR SYNDROME; FAT INTAKE; GALLSTONE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPERURICEMIA; HYPOCALCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; KETOGENESIS; KETOGENIC DIET; LEUKODYSTROPHY; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROTEIN INTAKE; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; STARVATION; THRUSH; VOMITING; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BRAIN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; DIET THERAPY; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EPILEPSY; FATTY ACIDS, UNSATURATED; HUMANS; KETONES; KETOSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; STARVATION;

EID: 32844464744     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/BJN20051591     Document Type: Review

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