Plasma phospholipid fatty acids are influenced by a ketogenic diet enriched with n-3 fatty acids in children with epilepsy

Epilepsy Research

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-207

  Dahlin, Maria ^a   Hjelte, Lena ^a   Nilsson, Susanne ^a   Åmark, Per ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Fatty acids; Ketogenic diet; Omega 3; Phospholipids; Seizures

Indexed keywords

5,8,11 ICOSATRIENOIC ACID; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; OMEGA 3 FATTY ACID; OMEGA 6 FATTY ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; KETOGENIC DIET; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALE; PHOSPHOLIPID BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLESTEROL; EPILEPSY; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, OMEGA-3; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KETOSIS; MALE; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; TIME FACTORS; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 33847288873     PISSN: 09201211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eplepsyres.2006.10.005     Document Type: Article

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