Home-Guided Use of the Ketogenic Diet in a Patient for More Than 20 Years

Pediatric Neurology

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 424-425

  Kossoff, Eric H ^a   Turner, Zahava ^a   Bergey, Gregory K ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; CLORAZEPATE; CORTICOTROPIN; ETHOSUXIMIDE; PHENOBARBITAL; PHENYTOIN; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIET THERAPY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; HUMAN; KETOACIDOSIS; KETOGENIC DIET; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS; WEIGHT CONTROL; X RAY;

ADULT; DIET, CARBOHYDRATE-RESTRICTED; DIETARY FATS; EPILEPSY; HUMANS; KETONES; MALE; TIME FACTORS; TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS;

EID: 34249906158     PISSN: 08878994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2007.01.013     Document Type: Article

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