The ketogenic diet: One decade later

Pediatrics

Volumn 119, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 535-543

  Freeman, John M ^a   Kossoff, Eric H ^a   Hartman, Adam L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ketogenic diet; Mechanisms of action; Pediatric epilepsy

Indexed keywords

AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ANTICONVULSANT ACTIVITY; ASTROCYTOMA; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DIET THERAPY; EPILEPSY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; INFANTILE SPASM; KETOGENIC DIET; LIPID DIET; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROTRANSMISSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEIZURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; DIET THERAPY; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; EPILEPSY; FORECASTING; HUMANS; PATIENT SELECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947132079     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 02105721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2006-2447     Document Type: Review

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