Early- and late-onset complications of the ketogenic diet for intractable epilepsy

Epilepsia

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1116-1123

  Kang, Hoon Chul ^a   Chung, Da Eun ^a   Kim, Dong Wook ^b   Kim, Heung Dong ^c  

^a Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Ilsanpaik Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Complications; Early onset; Intractable epilepsy; Ketogenic diet; Late onset

Indexed keywords

CARNITINE; FAT; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CONSTIPATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEHYDRATION; DIARRHEA; DIET RESTRICTION; FAT INTOLERANCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HEALTH CENTER; HEPATITIS; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTRIGLYCERIDEMIA; HYPERURICEMIA; HYPOCARNITINEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOMAGNESEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; HYPOPROTEINEMIA; INFECTION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTRACTABLE EPILEPSY; IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA; KETOGENIC DIET; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; NAUSEA; NEPHROLITHIASIS; NUTRITIONAL INTOLERANCE; ONSET AGE; OSTEOPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEPSIS; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICONVULSANTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEHYDRATION; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FOOD, FORMULATED; HUMANS; INFANT; KETONES; KETOSIS; MALE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 4544238051     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0013-9580.2004.10004.x     Document Type: Article

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