A randomized, crossover comparison of daily carbohydrate limits using the modified Atkins diet

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 432-436

  Kossoff, Eric H ^a   Turner, Zahava ^a   Bluml, Renee M ^b   Pyzik, Paula L ^a   Vining, Eileen P G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Atkins diet; Carbohydrates; Children; Epilepsy; Intractable; Ketogenic

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CALCIUM; CARBOHYDRATE; CREATININE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM URINE LEVEL; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE URINE LEVEL; CROSSOVER PROCEDURE; EPILEPSY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FOOD COMPOSITION; HUMAN; KETOACIDOSIS; LOW CARBOHYDRATE DIET; MALE; PROTEIN INTAKE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEIZURE; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-OVER STUDIES; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KETOSIS; MALE;

EID: 34147136063     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.01.012     Document Type: Article

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