Discontinuing the ketogenic diet in seizure-free children: Recurrence and risk factors

Epilepsia

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 187-190

  Martinez, Celina C ^a   Pyzik, Paula L ^a   Kossoff, Eric H ^a,b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Diet; Epilepsy; Ketogenic; Recurrence; Seizure free

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT;

ANTICONVULSANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SEIZURE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KETONE BODIES; KETOSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 33846217402     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: 15281167     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1167.2006.00911.x     Document Type: Article

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