Is hospitalization really necessary during the introduction of the ketogenic diet?

Journal of Child Neurology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 33-37

  Rizzutti, Sueli ^a   Ramos, Ana Maria Figueiredo ^a   Muszkat, Mauro ^a   Gabbai, Alain Alberto ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Children; Epilepsy; Fasting; Ketogenic diet

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CARBOHYDRATE; FAT; PROTEIN;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADAPTATION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE INTAKE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; DROWSINESS; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; EPISTAXIS; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; FOOD COMPOSITION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KETOGENIC DIET; LENNOX GASTAUT SYNDROME; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEPHROLITHIASIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CONTENT; RECURRENT INFECTION; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSY; FASTING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; KETOSIS; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34249861510     PISSN: 08830738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0883073807299967     Document Type: Article

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