Asymptomatic carnitine depletion on ketogenic diet in patients with pharmacoresistant epilepsies;Asymptomatischer carnitinmangel unter ketogener diät bei patienten mit pharmakoresistenten epilepsien

Klinische Padiatrie

Volumn 218, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 260-263

  Liebhaber, G ^a,c   Pascher, B ^a   Gempel, K ^b   Baumeister, F A M ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Institut fur Klinische Chemie   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Carnitine deficiency; Carnitine substitution; Ketogenic diet

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; VALPROIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CARNITINE DEFICIENCY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; KETOGENIC DIET; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PROTEIN DEPLETION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CARNITINE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DRUG RESISTANCE; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; KETONE BODIES; MALE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALPROIC ACID;

EID: 33749024425     PISSN: 03008630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2005-836811     Document Type: Article

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